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First Utility-Scale Solar Project Announced Under TVA Generation Flexibility Program

May 13, 2024 admin Business, copeland solar farm, electric co-op, electric cooperative, middle tennessee electric, mte, news, power, silicon ranch, Solar, tennessee, tennessee valley authority, TVA

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 20:42:26 +0000

An independent power producer and a major electric cooperative—both based in Tennessee—have announced an agreement to partner on a utility-scale solar power installation to serve customers in that region. Nashville-based […]

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Six Red States Want To Cancel The UAW

April 20, 2024 admin chattanooga, clean transport, Electric vehicles, policy & politics, tennessee, uaw, unions, Volkswagen

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 16:07:06 +0000

Workers at the Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, are voting this week on whether they want to join the UAW.

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US Counties Are Blocking Renewable Energy For Themselves, But Not For Thee

March 7, 2024 admin agrivoltaics, clean power, green economy, green jobs, inflation reduction act, Manufacturing, semiconductors, Solar energy, tennessee, us solar industry, us wind industry, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2024 22:36:44 +0000

A movement is afoot to block utility-scale renewable energy projects across the US, but new clean tech investments keep getting in the way.

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Fusion Energy Project Sited at Former TVA Coal-Fired Power Plant

February 28, 2024 admin bull run, Business, Coal, DOE, fusion, news, Nuclear, oak ridge, ornl, power, project infinity, Research and Development, tennessee, tennessee valley authority, TVA, type one energy group

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2024 18:00:30 +0000

A major U.S. utility is part of a fusion energy project that would be located at the site of one of the company’s retired coal-fired power plants. Type One Energy […]

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New Method Monitors Grid Stability With Hydropower Project Signals

February 10, 2024 admin clean power, Energy Storage, grid, hydroelectric, oak ridge national laboratory, oak ridge national laboratory (ornl), pumped hydro storage, tennessee, tennessee valley authority, university of tennessee, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:20:16 +0000

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have developed an algorithm to predict electric grid … [continued]

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Energy Facts: Impact of the Investing in America Agenda on Tennessee

December 7, 2023 admin clean power, green economy, green jobs, hydroelectric, jennifer granholm, Joe Biden, Solar energy, tennessee, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2023 04:59:28 +0000

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm visits Tennessee On Tuesday, December 5, 2023, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm … [continued]

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NRC Completes Safety Review for Kairos Nuclear Test Reactor Within 18 Months

June 22, 2023 admin advanced reactor, Business, construction permit, flibe, full coverage, hermes demonstration reactor, high-temperature reactor, kairos power, Legal & Regulatory, licensing, news, NRC, Nuclear, oak ridge, regulatory, Research and Development, Safety, Technology, tennessee

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 14:17:41 +0000

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has wrapped up a final safety evaluation for Kairos Power’s 35-MWth Hermes “non-power” demonstration reactor, which the firm has proposed to build at the East Tennessee […]

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Cutting Traffic Congestion & Thus Pollution

June 12, 2023 admin chattanooga, cities, clean transport, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), oak ridge national laboratory (ornl), tennessee, traffic

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2023 03:50:44 +0000

Advanced Computing Methods Lead to Reduced Emissions and Shorter Commutes in Metropolitan Tennessee City

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TVA Will Build Gas-Fired Plant to Replace Coal-Fired Units

January 10, 2023 admin Business, Coal, cumberland, Gas, natural gas, news, Pipeline, power, Renewables, replacement, tennessee, TVA

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 00:10:04 +0000

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has approved retirement of the Cumberland coal-fired power plant, with officials on Jan. 10 saying the utility will replace one of the plant’s two units with a 1,450-MW natural gas-fired combined cycle facility at the site. The TVA has held public meetings over the past few years amid much discussion […]

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