Bull Run Fossil Plant

Coordinates: 36°01′16″N 84°09′22″W / 36.02111°N 84.15611°W / 36.02111; -84.15611
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Bull Run Fossil Plant
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Bull Run Fossil Plant, commonly known as Bull Run Steam Plant, is a decommissioned 889 megawatt (

coal-fired electric generating station owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority
(TVA). The plant is the only coal fired power plant ever constructed by TVA with one unit, and was retired on December 1, 2023.

Location

Bull Run Plant is located on 750 acres (300 ha), in the Claxton community of Anderson County, Tennessee, on the north bank of Bull Run Creek, directly across the Clinch River (Melton Hill Lake) from Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

History

Construction began on April 2, 1962 and was completed on June 12, 1967, when the plant began commercial operation.[1]

In August 2018, TVA began studying whether to retire Bull Run.

Paradise in Kentucky by December 2020. High operational costs and low capacity factor were its factors in their decision.[3] The plant was officially shut down on December 1, 2023.[4]

Units and operating parameters

The plant was the only single-generator coal-fired plant in the TVA system. The plant's winter net generating capacity was about 889

supercritical boiler operated at a pressure of 3,650 psi (248 atm) and temperature of 1,000 °F (540 °C).[citation needed
] When the generator first went into operation, it was the largest in the world measured in terms of the volume of steam produced.

Environmental impact

In 2006, the plant ranked the 70th among the large coal-fired plants in the United States on the

MWh of energy produced (27,987 tons of SO2 in 2006 altogether).[7][8]
Since then, a wet limestone scrubber has been installed, which reduced sulfur dioxide emissions by about 95%. In 2015, the plant released 2,510,476 tons of CO
2.[9]

See also

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bull Run fossil plant". Tennessee Valley Authority. Archived from the original on August 15, 2007.
  2. ^ Flessner, Dave (August 27, 2018). "Trouble in Paradise: TVA studies whether to close more coal plants". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Chattanooga, Tennessee. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  3. ^ Gardner, Timothy (February 14, 2019). "U.S. utility TVA votes to close two coal power plants, in blow to Trump". Reuters. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  4. WATE
    . Knoxville. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  5. ^ "Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2006" (Excel). Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy. 2006. Retrieved July 14, 2008.
  6. ^ TVA's website lists the winter generating capacity as 870 MW Archived August 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Dirty Kilowatts 2007 Report Database". Environmental Integrity Project. Archived from the original on December 4, 2008. Retrieved May 1, 2008.
  8. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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  9. ^ "TVA - Bull Run Fossil Plant Emissions". January 25, 2017. Archived from the original on January 25, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
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