Gallatin Fossil Plant
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The Gallatin Fossil Plant is a
power plant near Gallatin, Tennessee operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority
(TVA). The plant was originally entirely a coal-fired plant, constructed in the 1950s, and natural gas units were added later.
Description
The Gallatin Fossil Plant is located on 1,950 acres of land on the
combustion turbine units, with a combined capacity of 600 MW net, and these units, located adjacent to the coal units, are sometimes referred to separately from the coal units as the Gallatin Combustine Turbine Plant.[3]
History
Gallatin was originally entirely a coal-fired plant. Groundbreaking for the plant occurred on May 11, 1953. Unit one began operation on November 8, 1956, unit two on June 27, 1957, unit three on May 22, 1959, and unit four on August 9, 1959.coal ash at a cost of $640 million during 20 years.[5]
References
- ^ a b TVA Gallatin Steam Plant, Knoxville: Tennessee Valley Authority, 1974, retrieved September 1, 2021 – via Google Books
- ^ "TVA - Gallatin Fossil Plant". www.tva.gov. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
- ^ a b c "Gallatin Combustion Turbine Plant". tva.gov. Tennessee Valley Authority. 2017. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ^ a b "Gallatin Fossil Plant". tva.gov. Tennessee Valley Authority. 2018. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
- ^ Morehouse, Catherine (2019-06-14). "TVA agrees to excavate 12M tons of coal ash after 5-year battle". Utility Dive.