Johnsonville Fossil Plant

36°1′40″N 87°59′12″W / 36.02778°N 87.98667°W / 36.02778; -87.98667StatusDecommissionedCommission dateUnit 1: 1951
Unit 10: 1959Decommission dateUnits 5–10: 2015
Units 1–4: 2017Owner(s)Tennessee Valley AuthorityOperator(s)Tennessee Valley AuthorityThermal power station Primary fuelCoalCooling sourceTennessee RiverPower generation Units operational10Nameplate capacity1,500 MWExternal linksCommonsRelated media on Commons

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The Johnsonville Fossil Plant was a 1.5-gigawatt (1,500 MW), coal power plant located in New Johnsonville, Humphreys County, Tennessee, United States. The plant generated electricity from 1951 to 2017. It was operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

History

Construction of the fossil plant began in 1949.^[1] The fossil plant started commercial operations at Unit 1 on October 27, 1951. By August 1959, all ten units were operating.^[2] Its ten units had a combined operating capacity of 1.5-gigawatts (1,500 MW) with Units 1–4 providing electricity to the nearby Chemours plant.^[3] In a 2011 agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to resolve lingering violation complaints in failure to comply with the Clean Air Act, the TVA announced they would shut down the coal units at Johnsonville by 2018.^[4] Units 5–10 were idled at Johnsonville in 2012 and were shut down on December 31, 2015.^[1]^[5] Units 1–4 were shut down on December 31, 2017.^[1]^[6] The plant was destroyed via a controlled implosion on July 31, 2021. [1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Johnsonville Fossil Plant". TVA. Archived from the original on January 12, 2016. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
^ Hicks, Mark (January 5, 2018). "TVA pulls plug on its oldest coal-fired plant in Humphreys County". Clarksville Leaf Chronicle. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
^ "Johnsonville Fossil Plant". TVA. Archived from the original on October 12, 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
^ Maron, Dana Fine (April 15, 2011). "TVA agrees to shut down 18 coal-fired boilers and curb emissions". E&E News. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
^ Cassell, Barry (February 3, 2016). "TVA Asks for More Time for Paradise Coal Units, Retires Johnsonville Units 5-10". Power Engineering. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
^ Flessner, Dave (January 6, 2018). "TVA cuts coal use". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Retrieved January 6, 2018.