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Boone Dam is a concrete gravity-type dam 160 feet (49 m) high and 1,532 feet (467 m) long, and has a generating capacity of 81,000 kilowatts. [2] While the main section of the dam is a concrete structure, the northern half of the dam consists of a 750-foot (230 m) earth-and-fill structure that seals off the floodplain adjacent to the main river ...
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 ...
Boone Dam: Holston River: Hydroelectric 89 Tennessee Valley Authority: 1952 Cheatham Dam: Cumberland River: Hydroelectric 36 United States Army Corps of Engineers: 1960 Center Hill Dam Cumberland River: Hydroelectric 160 United States Army Corps of Engineers: 1950 Cherokee Dam: Holston River: Hydroelectric 136 Tennessee Valley Authority: 1941 ...
The electrical energy generation mix in 2023 was 43.7% natural gas, 32.5% nuclear, 13.7% coal, 7.1% hydroelectric, 2.2% biomass, and 0.8% solar. [1] The state is the second largest hydroelectric producer in the eastern U.S. (after New York), and its Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant is the nation's second largest nuclear generating facility.
Logan Martin Dam: Logan Martin Lake: Coosa River: Martin Dam: Lake Martin: Tallapoosa River: Millers Ferry Lock and Dam: William "Bill" Dannelly Reservoir: Alabama River: Mitchell Dam: Mitchell Lake: Coosa River: Neely Henry Dam: Neely Henry Lake: Coosa River: North Highlands Dam: Bibb Pond: Chattahoochee River: Optimist Lake Dam Milkhouse ...
Boone Dam — Boone Lake; on the South Fork Holston River; finished in 1952 by the TVA; Burgess Falls Dam; on the Falling Water River; built by City of Cookeville for electric generation after the flood of 1928 destroyed a previous earthen dam; Calderwood Dam; on the Little Tennessee River; built in 1930 and owned by Alcoa
Wilson Dam impounds Wilson Lake; Pickwick Landing Dam impounds Pickwick Lake; Kentucky Dam impounds Kentucky Lake; Tributary dams and reservoirs include: Apalachia Dam on the Hiwassee River forms Apalachia Reservoir; Blue Ridge Dam dams the Toccoa River, forming Blue Ridge Reservoir; Boone Dam on the South Fork Holston River forms Boone Reservoir
In February 2012, TVA said the design modifications to Watts Bar 2 were partially responsible for the project running over budget and behind schedule. [5] The second unit costs a total of $4.7 billion bringing the total costs of the two unit plant to more than $12 billion. [10] It will likely be the last Generation II reactor to be completed in ...