Emissions

Gallatin Fossil Plant

What TVA is doing about emissions at Gallatin

TVA has taken a number of steps to make the efficient generation of power at Gallatin as clean as possible:

• The plant is equipped with electrostatic precipitators that capture ash from the burning coal.
• The use of a low-sulfur blend of coal from western Kentucky limits emissions of sulfur dioxide.
• Low-NOx burners limit the production of nitrogen oxides that contribute to the formation of ozone and acid rain.
• In support of recent environmental agreements and its vision of being one of the nation’s leading providers of low-cost and cleaner energy by 2020, TVA will add scrubbers and selective catalytic reduction systems on all four units at Gallatin by Dec. 31, 2017.

Carbon dioxide

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Nitrogen oxides

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Sulfur dioxide

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Toxics Release Inventory

2010 data

All amounts are in pounds

Chemical	Air	Water	Land	Off-Site Disposal	Total
Hydrochloric Acid (aerosol)	90,000	0	0	0	90,000
Hydrogen Fluoride	160,000	0	0	0	160,000
Sulfuric Acid (aerosol)	29,000	0	0	0	29,000
Ammonia					0
Antimony Compounds					0
Arsenic Compounds					0
Barium Compounds	488	42,000	2,000,000	1	2,042,489
Beryllium Compounds					0
Cadmium Compounds					0
Chromium Compounds	79	760	24,000	0	24,839
Cobalt Compounds					0
Copper Compounds	121	3,000	63,057	0	66,178
Lead Compounds	37	0	18,110	0	18,147
Manganese Compounds	163	27	81,000	0	81,190
Mercury Compounds	280	1	65	0	346
Nickel Compounds					0
Selenium Compounds					0
Silver Compounds					0
Thallium Compounds	15	0	26,000	0	26,015
Vanadium Compounds	56	3,700	69,000	0	72,756
Zinc Compounds	430	2,700	41,009	0	44,139
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene	0	0	0	0	0
Naphthalene	47	0	0	0	47
Nitrate Compounds					0
Dioxin (grams)	1	0	0	0	1
Dioxin (lbs)	0	0	0	0	0
Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds	22	0	8	0	29
Hydrazine					0
Total	280,738	52,188	2,322,249	1	2,655,176

 

Gross MWh Generated:	7,359,309
Pounds Released per MWh:	0.361

 

 

 

 

Emissions Data

For data on emissions at each of TVA’s fossil plants, choose from the menu below. Fossil Plants Allen Bull Run Colbert Cumberland Gallatin John Sevier Johnsonville Kingston Paradise Shawnee Widows Creek Other TVA Sites

 

General Information

For general information on individual emissions choose from the menu below. Emissions Carbon Dioxide Nitrogen Oxides Ozone Particulates Sulfur Dioxide TRI