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At Buffalo Mountain in Oliver Springs, Tennessee, TVA operates three wind turbines with a combined generation capacity of 2 MW and purchases the output of 15 additional wind turbines owned by Invenergy that have a combined capacity of 27 MW. As of 2013, the agency had purchased agreements from power generated from wind farms outside its service ...
Wilbur Dam was completed in 1912 making it the second oldest dam in the TVA system behind Ocoee Dam No. 1. Wilbur Dam was one of the first major hydroelectric projects in Tennessee, and remains one of the oldest dams in the TVA system. [3] Wilbur Dam is a concrete gravity overflow dam 77 feet (23 m) high and 375 feet (114 m) long, and has a ...
Tennessee Valley Authority: 1938 Raccoon Mountain Facility: Tennessee River: Pumped storage hydro: 1,652 Tennessee Valley Authority: 1978 South Holston Dam: Holston River: Hydroelectric 44 Tennessee Valley Authority: 1950 Tims Ford Dam: Elk River: Hydroelectric 36 Tennessee Valley Authority: 1970 Watauga Dam: Watauga River: Hydroelectric 66 ...
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Nebraska, sorted by type and name. In 2022, Nebraska had a total summer capacity of 10,800 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 40,692 GWh. [ 2 ]
At full pool, Watauga's elevation is the highest of all TVA lakes at 1,959 feet (597 m) above sea level. Watauga Lake is regularly released by TVA schedule into Wilbur Reservoir (Wilbur Lake) and impounded by the TVA Wilbur Dam. Water levels in TVA Watauga Reservoir vary about 9 feet (2.7 m) in normal years to provide for seasonal flood storage ...
Granholm's visit to the TVA Clinch River Nuclear Site highlighted the central role new nuclear generation will play in the Biden administration's goal of a net-zero carbon emissions economy by 2050.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is a government-owned corporation created by U.S. Code Title 16, Chapter 12A, the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933.It was initially founded as an agency to provide general economic development to the region through power generation, flood control, navigation assistance, fertilizer manufacturing, and agricultural development.
While the 1998 version does have significant redactions when referencing the name and location of the U-2 test site, the nearly un-redacted version from 2013 reveals much more, including multiple ...