Roger Waldrep News Today

TUSCUMBIA– The Tennessee Valley Authority celebrated the expansion of the Colbert Combustion Turbine Plant recently with over 100 dignitaries attended the dedication event and touring the state-of-the-art facility in Tuscumbia.

Expansion of the Colbert Combustion Turbine Plant in Tuscumbia, adds 750 megawatts of new natural gas generation to TVA’s
generation fleet.

The Tennessee Valley Authority has ordered 279MW of First Solar’s cadmium telluride thin-film solar PV modules

The Tennessee Valley Authority has ordered 279 megawatts of photovoltaic panels from First Solar for an Alabama solar farm, the two said on Tuesday. The...

Alabama project to be constructed in same county as First Solar’s new US manufacturing facility

<b>pv magazine USA</b> provides a roundup of five utility-scale solar updates from Massachusetts to South Dakota.

First Solar has revealed Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has secured 279 MWDC of solar panels for solar project in Lawrence County, Alabama.

The Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Colbert County gas plant is set to operate at full capacity starting in January 2024.

Oakridger TVA is looking at how or whether to replace its Kingston Fossil plant with a new source of power. The utility is focusing on natural gas or solar as future options. TVA stated on its website that it proposes to retire three of the Kingston Fossil Plant units between 2026 and 2031 and the remaining six units between 2027 and 2033 “dependent on when replacement generation could be constructed and brought online.” The utilitys working on a study and report regarding the different opt...