The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has announced the launch of a study aimed at decreasing carbon emissions at its all-natural gas plant in Muhlenberg County. As element of this initiative, TVA is exploring a prospective partnership with TC Power to integrate carbon capture technologies at the Paradise Fossil Plant in Drakesboro. In current years, TVA has retired two coal-fired units at the plant and has set a aim to close down all coal units inside its network by 2035. The implementation of carbon capture technologies at the Paradise Fossil Plant will contribute towards TVA’s objective of becoming net-zero by 2050.

The study, which has a spending budget of $1.two million, will assess the linked expenses, technical challenges, and operational impacts of incorporating carbon capture technologies across its whole fleet of all-natural gas plants. TVA spokesperson Scott Fielder emphasized the value of this endeavor as TVA expands its solar power portfolio and the need to have to lower carbon emissions from current all-natural gas facilities. He additional emphasized the significance of all-natural gas technologies in sustaining energy grid reliability in the course of periods when solar power is not offered.

In addition, the study will also examine the prospective for implementing carbon capture technologies at TVA’s all-natural gas facility situated in Ackerman, Mississippi. Carbon capture technologies entails diverting exhaust emissions from all-natural gas plants to a nearby CO2 scrubber, exactly where a chemical reaction absorbs the CO2 ahead of the exhaust is released into the atmosphere. The captured CO2 is then transported deep underground for storage.