TVA Will Explore Building Utility-Scale Solar on Closed Coal Ash Sites

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2022 19:54:50 +0000

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will pursue a first-of-its-kind pilot program at the Shawnee Fossil Plant in West Paducah, Kentucky, to determine if closed coal ash sites are suitable for utility-scale solar projects. The self-funded U.S. corporate agency’s board on Nov. 10 approved a $216 million pilot project to explore repurposing the 1,071-MW coal-fired power plant’s […]

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