The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has announced the launch of a study aimed at decreasing carbon emissions at its organic gas plant in Muhlenberg County. As component 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 objective 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 related fees, technical challenges, and operational impacts of incorporating carbon capture technologies across its complete fleet of organic 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 lessen carbon emissions from current organic gas facilities. He additional emphasized the significance of organic gas technologies in sustaining energy grid reliability in the course of periods when solar power is not obtainable.

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