John Sevier Fossil Plant
{{#badges: Climate change |CoalSwarm}} John Sevier Fossil Plant is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) near middle Tennessee on the north bank of the Cumberland River.
The John Sevier power station has four coal-fired generating units and "net dependable generating capacity" of approximately 712 megawatts. TVA states that "the plant consumes some 12,350 tons of coal a day." Construction of the John Sevier power station commenced in 1952 and was commissioned in 1957. According to the TVA the "plant consumes about 5,700 tons of coal a day."[1]
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Plant Data
- Owner/Parent Company: Tennessee Valley Authority
- Plant Nameplate Capacity: 800 MW (Megawatts)
- Units and In-Service Dates: 200 MW (1955), 200 MW (1955), 200 MW (1956), 200 MW (1957)
- Location: 611 Old Hwy. 70, Rogersville, TN 37857
- GPS Coordinates: 36.376667, -82.963056
- Coal Consumption:
- Coal Source:
- Number of Employees:
Emissions Data
- 2006 CO2 Emissions: 5,127,786 tons
- 2006 SO2 Emissions: 30,126 tons
- 2006 SO2 Emissions per MWh:
- 2006 NOx Emissions: 9,690 tons
- 2005 Mercury Emissions: 310 lb.
Articles and Resources
Sources
- ↑ Tennessee Valley Authority, "John Sevier Fossil Plant", Tennessee Valley Authority website, accessed June 2008.
- Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2005, Energy Information Administration, accessed Jan. 2009.
- Environmental Integrity Project, "Dirty Kilowatts: America’s Most Polluting Power Plants", July 2007.
- Facility Registry System, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accessed Jan. 2009.
- Carbon Monitoring for Action database, accessed Feb. 2009.
Related SourceWatch Articles
- Existing U.S. Coal Plants
- Tennessee and coal
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- United States and coal
- Global warming
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