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TVA Exploring Carbon Capture Feasibility for Two Gas-Fired Power Plants

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is poised to study the feasibility of retrofitting two gas-fired power plants—a combined capacity of 1.8 GW—in Mississippi and Kentucky with post-combustion carbon capture technology…


Subsequent License Renewal: Extending Nuclear Power Reactors to 80 Years of Operation (and Maybe More)

The Atomic Energy Act authorizes the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to issue licenses for commercial power reactors to operate for up to 40 years. These licenses can be renewed for…


Groups Break Ground on TVA Solar Farms

CLARKSVILLE and NASHVILLE, TENN. (May 17, 2023) —CDE Lightband, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and Silicon Ranch, one of the nation’s largest independent power producers and a community-focused renewable energy company,…


TVA Head Wants Nothing to Do with Building One Reactor Unless He Can Build 20
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Building a nuclear power plant is a difficult job. It takes years of planning and sometimes more than a decade to complete. The risk of schedule delays is great, especially…


Vanderbilt University, Silicon Ranch, NES, and TVA Flip the Switch on the Vanderbilt I Solar Farm

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 11, 2023) – Silicon Ranch Corporation, one of the nation’s largest independent power producers and a community-focused renewable energy company, joined Vanderbilt University, Nashville Electric Service (NES),…