Johnsonville Combustion Turbine Plant

36°2′6″N 87°59′2″W / 36.03500°N 87.98389°W / 36.03500; -87.98389StatusOperationalCommission dateUnits 1–16: 1975
Units 17–20: 2000Owner(s)Tennessee Valley AuthorityOperator(s)Tennessee Valley AuthorityThermal power station Primary fuelNatural gasCooling sourceTennessee RiverPower generation Units operational20Nameplate capacity1,200 MW

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The Johnsonville Combustion Turbine Plant is a 1.2-gigawatt (1,200 MW), simple cycle natural gas power plant located in New Johnsonville, Tennessee in Humphreys County, Tennessee. It is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

Background

In 1975 the TVA constructed 16 combustion turbine units at Johnsonville. Four more combustion turbine units were added in 2000.^[1] These 20 units have a combined generating capacity of 1.2 gigawatts.^[2] With the closure of the Johnsonville Fossil Plant, the TVA added a heat recovery generator to one of the combustion turbine units in 2017 to create the steam needed to produce titanium dioxide (TiO
₂) at the nearby Chemours plant.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Full steam ahead: TVA co-generation plant saves 1,100 Chemours jobs". Chattanooga Times Free Press. December 6, 2016. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
^ "Johnsonville Combustion Turbine Plant". TVA. Retrieved January 6, 2018.