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Tennessee Valley Authority — power plant portfolio

Tennessee Valley Authority operates 55 power plants across 1 country, with a combined installed capacity of 36,943 MW. Its plants with asset-level emissions data total 22,248,524 t CO₂/yr.

55power plants
36,943MW total capacity
1countries
22,248,524t CO₂/yr (source-labelled)

Fleet by fuel

Hydro: 30 plants30HydroGas: 14 plants14GasCoal: 5 plants5CoalNuclear: 3 plants3NuclearOil: 2 plants2OilWind: 1 plants1Wind

Fleet interpretation

Tennessee Valley Authority is represented here as an asset portfolio, not just a company label. The visible fleet spans 1 country; the largest concentration is United States of America (55).

The fuel mix by asset count is hydro (30), gas (14), coal (5), nuclear (3). The largest listed asset is Browns Ferry in United States of America (3,494 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 669 MW across units with capacity data.

CO₂ coverage is source-labelled: 7 plants have a reported or modelled CO₂ value in the dataset, including 7 measured records. Missing values remain blank rather than inferred as company totals.

Method: plant-level records are grouped by owner/operator label, then aggregated by country, fuel, capacity and CO₂ provenance.

All 55 plants

PlantFuelCountryMWt CO₂/yr
Browns FerryNuclearUnited States of America3,494
Cumberland (TN)CoalUnited States of America2,6009,455,486
Watts Bar Nuclear PlantNuclearUnited States of America2,428
SequoyahNuclearUnited States of America2,421
ParadiseGasUnited States of America2,3102,534,934
Gallatin (TN)CoalUnited States of America1,9194,208,774
AllenGasUnited States of America1,7921,939,893
Raccoon MountainHydroUnited States of America1,714
KingstonCoalUnited States of America1,700
Lagoon CreekGasUnited States of America1,628
ShawneeCoalUnited States of America1,575
JohnsonvilleGasUnited States of America1,426
Magnolia Power PlantGasUnited States of America1,0052,321,855
John SevierGasUnited States of America997
Bull RunCoalUnited States of America950
TVA Southaven Combined CycleGasUnited States of America9031,681,842
Quantum Choctaw Power LLCGasUnited States of America850
CaledoniaGasUnited States of America801
Marshall Energy FacilityGasUnited States of America688
Wilson DamHydroUnited States of America667
Gleason Generating FacilityGasUnited States of America567
ColbertGasUnited States of America476
Brownsville Peaking PowerGasUnited States of America460105,740
Wheeler DamHydroUnited States of America404
Kemper CountyGasUnited States of America372
Fontana DamHydroUnited States of America255
Pickwick Landing DamHydroUnited States of America240
Kentucky DamHydroUnited States of America219
Watts Bar HydroHydroUnited States of America175
Hiwassee DamHydroUnited States of America166
ChickamaugaHydroUnited States of America160
Fort LoudounHydroUnited States of America153
Douglas DamHydroUnited States of America151
Cherokee DamHydroUnited States of America135
Norris DamHydroUnited States of America131
GuntersvilleHydroUnited States of America115
Boone DamHydroUnited States of America106
NickajackHydroUnited States of America104
ApalachiaHydroUnited States of America94
Melton HillHydroUnited States of America72
Fort Patrick HenryHydroUnited States of America59
WataugaHydroUnited States of America58
Tims FordHydroUnited States of America46
South HolstonHydroUnited States of America38
Great Falls (TN)HydroUnited States of America34
Ocoee 3HydroUnited States of America29
Blue RidgeHydroUnited States of America24
Ocoee 2HydroUnited States of America23
Ocoee 1HydroUnited States of America19
NottelyHydroUnited States of America16
BellefonteOilUnited States of America14
ChatugeHydroUnited States of America13
WilburHydroUnited States of America11
MeridianOilUnited States of America9
Buffalo MountainWindUnited States of America2

Ownership & capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). CO₂ is measured for EPA/EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records.

Frequently asked questions

How many power plants does Tennessee Valley Authority operate?

Tennessee Valley Authority operates 55 power plants across 1 country, with about 36,943 MW of total capacity.

What is Tennessee Valley Authority's largest power plant?

Browns Ferry in United States of America is its largest at about 3,494 MW.

What types of power plants does Tennessee Valley Authority run?

Its fleet is mostly hydro (30), gas (14), coal (5).

How much CO₂ do Tennessee Valley Authority's plants emit?

Its reporting plants emit about 22,248,524 tonnes of CO₂ per year in this dataset.

By Dmytro Aheiev, Inzonex Research · ORCID 0009-0001-5512-0291 · data sources and methodology