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Coal-Fired Plants in Tennessee

Bull Run Location: TN Operator: Tennessee Valley Authority Configuration: 1 X 950 MW Operation: 1967 Fuel: coal Boiler supplier: CE T/G supplier: GE EPC: TVA Quick facts: At completion, Bull Run was the largest coal-fired unit in the world and the second largest unit of any kind trailing only Ravenswood-3 in capacity and topping that unit in steam output. The plant featured a unique, supercritical, twin-furnace, single turbine configuration and for many years was the most efficient steam-electric unit in the world. In 1998/99, Emerson retrofit an Ovation plant management system. In 2004, an SCR system was added and an Advatech FGD scrubber was commissioned in Dec 2008. Photograph courtesy of Tennessee Valley Authority Posted 29 Dec 2004	Cumberland Location: TN Operator: Tennessee Valley Authority Configuration: 2 X 1,300 MW Operation: 1973 Fuel: coal Boiler supplier: B&W T/G supplier: BBC EPC: TVA Quick facts: The 1,300-MW units at Cumberland and several other U.S. sites remain the world's largest fossil sets. In 2001, Cumberland generated 18.97mn MWh, the most ever generated by a TVA fossil plant in a single year to that date. FGDs were added to Cumberland in 1994 and SCRs in 2003/04. This photo was taken after the FGD retrofit and shows the two 600ft stacks added behind the original 1000ft stacks. To the right is the plant's 500kV switchyard. Photograph by Michael Davis Re-posted 7 Jan 2010	Gallatin Location: TN Operator: Tennessee Valley Authority Configuration: 2 X 300 MW, 2 X 327 MW Operation: 1956-1959 Fuel: coal Boiler supplier: CE T/G supplier: WH EPC: TVA Quick facts: Groundbreaking for Gallatin was on 11 May 1953 and the plant went commercial on 8 Nov 1956 at at cost of $143.4mn. In 1994, the boilers were retrofit with low-Nox burners and overfire air systems by International Combustion. In 2002 Gallatin-1 set a continuous-run record, operating without interruption for 335 days. That surpassed its old record of 290 days, set in 1999. Photograph by Michael Davis Re-posted 7 Jan 2010
John Sevier Location: TN Operator: Tennessee Valley Authority Configuration: 4 X 200 MW Operation: 1955-1957 Fuel: coal Boiler supplier: CE T/G supplier: GE EPC: TVA Quick facts: Construction on John Sevier started in 1952. The plant is named after Tennessee's first governor. Photograph courtesy of Tennessee Valley Authority Posted 29 Dec 2004	Johnsonville Location: TN Operator: Tennessee Valley Authority Configuration: 4 X 125 MW, 2 X 147 MW, 4 X 173 MW Operation: 1951-1959 Fuel: bituminous coal Boiler supplier: CE, FW T/G supplier: GE, WH EPC: TVA Quick facts: Johnsonville Fossil Plant is located on the east bank of the Tennessee River near Waverly. It is the oldest fossil plant in the TVA system as construction began in 1949 and the first unit came online in 1952. Unit-3 operated without interruption for 617 days between September 1995 and June 1997, setting a TVA record that stood until September 2004. All 10 units are scheduled to retire by 2017. Photograph courtesy of Tennessee Valley Authority Posted 19 Feb 2012	Kingston Location: TN Operator: Tennessee Valley Authority Configuration: 4 X 175 MW, 5 X 200 MW Operation: 1954-1955 Fuel: coal Boiler supplier: CE T/G supplier: GE Quick facts: When commissioned in Feb 1954 (approx date of photo), Kingston was the world's largest coal-fired power station. The original stacks were later replaced by two 1,000ft stacks. In Nov 2009, the first of two Advatech FGD scrubbers were added at Kingston in 2009 along with a 400ft stack. The tall stacks will be taken out of service. Photograph courtesy of Tennessee Valley Authority Re-posted 7 Nov 2009
	T H Allen Location: TN Operator: Tennessee Valley Authority Configuration: 3 X 330 MW Operation: 1958-1959 Fuel: bituminous coal Boiler supplier: B&W T/G supplier: WH Quick facts: The plant was built by the Memphis Light, Gas, and Water Division, leased to TVA in 1965, and purchased outright by TVA in 1984. Units 2&3 were retrofit with SCRs in May 2002. Photograph courtesy of Tennessee Valley Authority Posted 15 Dec 2001

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