List of power stations in Tennessee

Sources of electricity in Tennessee, 2017

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

Name Location Capacity (MW) Operator Year opened
Bull Run Fossil Plant[1] Claxton, Tennessee 881 Tennessee Valley Authority 1967
Cumberland Fossil Plant[2] Cumberland City, Tennessee 2,470 Tennessee Valley Authority 1973
Gallatin Fossil Plant[3] Sumner County, Tennessee 976 Tennessee Valley Authority 1956
Kingston Fossil Plant[4] Kingston, Tennessee 1,398 Tennessee Valley Authority 1955

Natural Gas

The Tennessee Valley Authority operates nine natural gas power stations in Tennessee.[5] Six of these use simple combustion turbines. Three newer facilities use more efficient combined cycle generators.

Name Location Type Capacity (MW) Operator Year opened
Allen Combined Cycle Plant Memphis, Tennessee Gas, biogas 660 Tennessee Valley Authority 2018
Allen Combustion Turbine Plant Memphis, Tennessee Gas, biogas 456 Tennessee Valley Authority 1971
Brownsville Combustion Turbine Plant Brownsville, Tennessee Gas 468 Tennessee Valley Authority 1999
Gallatin Combustion Turbine Plant Gallatin, Tennessee Gas 600 Tennessee Valley Authority 1975
Gleason Combustion Turbine Plant Weakley County, Tennessee Gas 465 Tennessee Valley Authority 2000
Lagoon Creek Combined Cycle Plant Brownsville, Tennessee Gas 525 Tennessee Valley Authority 2010
Lagoon Creek Combustion Turbine Plant Brownsville, Tennessee Gas 941 Tennessee Valley Authority 2001
John Sevier Combined Cycle Plant Rogersville, Tennessee Gas 870 Tennessee Valley Authority 2012
Johnsonville Combustion Turbine Plant New Johnsonville, Tennessee Gas 1,133 Tennessee Valley Authority 2000

Hydroelectric Plants[6]

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 Dam No. 1 Ocoee River Hydro 24 Tennessee Valley Authority 1911
Ocoee Dam No. 2 Ocoee River Hydro 23 Tennessee Valley Authority 1913
Ocoee Dam No. 3 Ocoee River Hydro 29 Tennessee Valley Authority 1943
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 Pumped storage 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 Capacity (MW) Operator Year opened
Buffalo Mountain Wind Farm Oak Ridge, Tennessee 27 Tennessee Valley Authority 2000

Solar stations

Name Location Capacity (MW) Operator Year opened
Allen Solar Plant Memphis, Tennessee 1 Tennessee Valley Authority 2017
Mulberry Solar Farm McNairy County, Tennessee 20 2014
Selmer Solar Farm Selmer, Tennessee 20 2014
Volkswagen Solar Farm Chattanooga, Tennessee 9.5 Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant 2013
West Tennessee Solar Farm Knoxville, Tennessee 5 University of Tennessee 2012

Nuclear plants

The Tennessee Valley Authority operates two nuclear plants in Tennessee. In addition much of the power generated at TVA's Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant in Limestone County, Alabama is distributed to Tennessee.

Name Location Capacity (MW) Operator Year opened
Sequoyah Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee 2,300 Tennessee Valley Authority 1982
Watts Bar Spring City, Tennessee 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.[7]

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
Johnsonville Fossil Plant New Johnsonville, Tennessee Coal 1500 Decommissioned 1951 2017
Allen Fossil Plant Memphis, Tennessee Coal 741 Decommissioned 1959 2018

References

  1. ↑ TVA Bull Run Fossil Plant
  2. ↑ TVA Cumberland Fossil Plant
  3. ↑ TVA Gallatin Fossil Plant
  4. ↑ TVA Kingston Fossil Plant
  5. ↑ TVA - Natural Gas
  6. ↑ TVA - Hydroelectric
  7. ↑ TVA - Nuclear
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