“Paradise Fossil Plant”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

The Paradise Fossil Plant is a dual coal-fired power plant and natural gas power plant operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Located just east of Drakesboro, Kentucky, it is the largest megawatt capacity power plant in Kentucky. The coal unit has a capacity of 1.15-gigawatts (1,150 MW) and the natural gas units have a capacity of 1.02-gigawatts (1,025 MW).^[1]^[2] The plant originally consisted of three coal units. Units 1 and 2 were retired in 2017, and replaced with the natural gas units, and unit 3 is expected to close in 2020.

History

Paradise is located near the site of the former town of Paradise, Kentucky on the Green River. Units 1 and 2, each with a capacity of 741 megawatts, began operation in 1963. Unit 3, with a capacity of 1,150 MW began operations in 1970. Paradise contains three natural draft cooling towers, and is the only TVA coal plant with cooling towers.

The plant was razed by the TVA in 1967 over concerns that ash and other plant emissions would damage residents' health.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}} A barge unloading facility was constructed in 1985 so that coal could be delivered via barge, as well as by train and truck.

The plants two original coal-fired generating units were shut down in favor of two natural gas plants that were brought online for commercial production April 7, 2017.^[2]

In August 2018, TVA began studying the possibility of closing the remaining unit at Paradise.^[3] On February 14, 2019, the TVA board of directors voted 5-2 to shut down Paradise Unit 3 by December 2020, as well as Bull Run near Oak Ridge, Tennessee in 2023. High costs and low capacity were factors in their decision.^[4] This decision came following intense lobbying by the Trump Administration and Kentucky governor Matt Bevin to keep the plant open.^[5]

In 1971, singer/songwriter John Prine, whose father was from Paradise, released a recording of his song about the town, which said "Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away." Peabody Coal Co. was one of two coal firms that strip mined the area around the town and plant.

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References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.tva.gov/Energy/Our-Power-System/Coal/Paradise-Fossil-Plant|title=Paradise Fossil Plant|publisher=TVA|accessdate=August 25, 2018}}
2. ^¹{{cite web|url=https://www.tva.gov/Energy/Our-Power-System/Natural-Gas/Paradise-Combined-Cycle-Plant|title=Paradise Combined Cycle Plant|publisher=TVA|accessdate=August 25, 2018}}
3. ^{{cite news|last=Flessner|first=Dave|date=August 27, 2018|title=Trouble in Paradise: TVA studies whether to close more coal plants|url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2018/aug/27/trouble-paradisetvstudies-whether-close-more-c/477822/|work=Chattanooga Times Free Press|location=Chattanooga, Tennessee|access-date=2019-02-14}}
4. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-coal-tva/tva-votes-to-close-two-coal-power-plants-in-blow-to-trump-idUSKCN1Q32CD|title=U.S. utility TVA votes to close two coal power plants, in blow to Trump|last=Gardner|first=Timothy|publisher=Reuters|date=February 14, 2019|accessdate=February 14, 2019}}
5. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.powermag.com/tva-mulls-coal-plant-closures-trump-urges-board-to-consider-all-factors/|title=TVA Mulls Coal Plant Closures, Trump Urges Board to Consider All Factors|last=Larson|first=Aaron|publisher=Power Magazine|date=February 14, 2019|accessdate=February 14, 2019}}

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