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Tennessee Valley Authority Signs Contracts for up to 450 MW of Wind Energy
October 27, 2009Source: Clean Edge News
Tennessee Valley Authority
(TVA) recently announced that it has
entered into contracts to purchase up to 450 megawatts of renewable
wind energy -- enough to serve about 140,000 average-size homes in the
Tennessee Valley -- from companies in North and South Dakota.
According to the agreements, CPV Renewable Energy Company will supply
up to 200 megawatts from 87 turbines at its Ashley wind farm in
McIntosh County, N.D., and Invenergy Wind LLC will supply up to 250
megawatts of power from 167 wind turbines at its Hurricane Lake Energy
Center in Roberts County, S.D.
TVA says the wind energy supply will be delivered to TVA beginning in
2012, if all applicable environmental requirements are met and firm
transmission paths are secured. The contracts are the result of a
request for proposals that TVA issued in December 2008.
TVA's current renewable energy portfolio includes 3,830 megawatts from
hydro, wind, solar and methane sources. In addition, TVA's nuclear
plants contribute 6,900 megawatts of clean electricity to the power
grid.
TVA plans to sign contracts for additional clean energy resources in
support of its goal of having more than 50 percent of its generation
from non-carbon emitting sources that include nuclear, modernized
hydroelectric and renewables.