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Biomass

Name Location Capacity (MW) Operator Year opened
City of Covington Waste-To-Energy Gasification Plant Nashville, Tennessee 0.125 City of Nashville 2013

Coal[1]

Name Location Type Capacity (MW) Operator Year opened
Allen Fossil Plant Memphis, Tennessee Coal 741 Tennessee Valley Authority 1959
Bull Run Fossil Plant Claxton, Tennessee Coal 950 Tennessee Valley Authority 1967
Cumberland Power Plant Cumberland City, Tennessee Coal 2,600 Tennessee Valley Authority 1973
Johnsonville Fossil Plant Waverly, Tennessee Coal 428 Tennessee Valley Authority 1959
Kingston Fossil Plant Kingston, Tennessee Coal 1,696 Tennessee Valley Authority 1955

Oil-fired peaking stations

Natural Gas[2]

Name Location Type Capacity (MW) Operator Year opened
Allen Combustion Turbine Plant Memphis, Tennessee Gas 456 Tennessee Valley Authority ????
Brownsville Combustion Turbine Plant Brownsville, Tennessee Gas 468 Tennessee Valley Authority 1999
Gallatin Combustion Turbine Plant Gallatin, Tennessee Gas 600 Tennessee Valley Authority ????
Gleason Combustion Turbine Plant Weakley County, Tennessee Gas 465 Tennessee Valley Authority ????
John Sevier Combined Cycle Plant Rogersville, Tennessee Gas 490 Tennessee Valley Authority 2012
Johnsonville Combustion Turbine Plant New Johnsonville, Tennessee Gas 1,133 Tennessee Valley Authority ????

Hydroelectric Plants[3]

Name Location Type Capacity (MW) Operator Year opened
Boone Dam Holston River Hydro 89 Tennessee Valley Authority 1952
Cheatham Dam Cumberland River Hydro 36 United States Army Corps of Engineers 1960
Center Hill Dam Cumberland River Hydro 160 United States Army Corps of Engineers 1950
Cherokee Dam Holston River Hydro 136 Tennessee Valley Authority 1941
Chickamauga Dam Tennessee River Hydro 119 Tennessee Valley Authority 1940
Cordell Hull Dam Cumberland River Hydro 100 United States Army Corps of Engineers 1973
Douglas Dam French Broad River Hydro 111 Tennessee Valley Authority 1943
Fort Loudoun Dam Tennessee River Hydro 162 Tennessee Valley Authority 1943
Fort Patrick Henry Dam Holston River Hydro 41 Tennessee Valley Authority 1953
Great Falls Dam Caney Fork River Hydro 36 Tennessee Valley Authority 1916
J. Percy Priest Dam Stones River Hydro 28 United States Army Corps of Engineers 1967
Melton Hill Dam Clinch River Hydro 79 Tennessee Valley Authority 1963
Nickajack Dam Tennessee River Hydro 105 Tennessee Valley Authority 1967
Norris Dam Clinch River Hydro 110 Tennessee Valley Authority 1936
Ocoee No. 1 Dam Ocoee River Hydro 24 Tennessee Valley Authority 1911
Ocoee No. 2 Dam Ocoee River Hydro 23 Tennessee Valley Authority 1913
Ocoee No. 3 Dam Ocoee River Hydro 29 Tennessee Valley Authority 1942
Old Hickory Dam Cumberland River Hydro 100 United States Army Corps of Engineers 1957
Pickwick Dam Tennessee River Hydro 229 Tennessee Valley Authority 1938
Raccoon Mountain Dam Tennessee River Hydro 1,652 Tennessee Valley Authority 1978
South Holston Dam Holston River Hydro 44 Tennessee Valley Authority 1950
Tims Ford Dam Elk River Hydro 36 Tennessee Valley Authority 1970
Watauga Dam Watauga River Hydro 66 Tennessee Valley Authority 1948
Watts Bar Dam Tennessee River Hydro 182 Tennessee Valley Authority 1942
Wilbur Dam Watauga River Hydro 11 Tennessee Valley Authority 1912

Wind farms

Name Location Type Capacity (MW) Operator Year opened
Buffalo Mountain Wind Farm Oak Ridge, Tennessee Wind 2 Tennessee Valley Authority 2000

Solar thermal plants

Name Location Type Capacity (MW) Operator Year opened
West Tennessee Solar Farm Knoxville, Tennessee Solar 5 University of Tennessee 2012

Nuclear plants

Name Location Type Capacity (MW) Operator Year opened
Sequoyah Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee Nuclear 3,440 Tennessee Valley Authority 1982
Watts Bar Claxton, Tennessee Nuclear 2,300 Tennessee Valley Authority 1996 and 2015

Construction on the Hartsville Nuclear Plant project was started in 1975 but then halted again in 1982. Similarly, the Phipps Bend project was proposed in 1977 but construction stopped in 1982.[4]

Former facilities

Station Location Type Capacity (MW) Status Year opened Year closed
Hales Bar Dam Tennessee River Hydroelectric 71 Decommissioned 1913 1952
John Sevier Fossil Plant Hawkins County, Tennessee Coal 880 Decommissioned 1957 2012

References

  1. ^ Industry Cards for Coal-fired Plants in Tennessee
  2. ^ Industry Cards for CCGT Plants in Tennessee
  3. ^ Industry Cards for Hydroelectric Plants in Tennessee
  4. ^ Industry Cards for Nuclear Plants in the Southeastern USA
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