An environmental review by the Tennessee Valley Authority has concluded there will be no significant environmental impacts with construction and operation of a heat recovery steam generator at TVA's Johnsonville plant site. TVA plans to construct and operate a heat recovery steam generator integrated into one of 20 gas-fired combustion turbines that will continue to make electricity at the Johnsonville site after the coal plant closes in late 2017.
TVA has supplied steam for Dupont to produce its TI-pure titanium dioxide since 1994 under a co-generation partnership. Dupont sells its product for the coatings, paper and plastic industries.
The environmental review determined the proposed location would provide important benefits by using existing, previously constructed assets and previously disturbed lands, thereby minimizing any major environmental damage.