Emissions

Paradise Fossil Plant

What TVA is doing about emissions at Paradise

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

• Wet limestone scrubbers remove 80 to 84 percent of the sulfur dioxide (SO₂) from emissions at Paradise Units 1 and 2. A scrubber is being installed on Unit 3 that is scheduled for completion in 2006.
• Unit 3 burns low-sulfur coal to limit SO₂ emissions.
• A technology called overfire air limits the production of nitrogen oxides (NO_x), which contribute to the formation of ozone and acid rain. This technology involves modifications that reduce the oxygen available to form NO_xin the furnaces’ combustion zones.
• Paradise Unit 2 was the first fossil unit in the TVA system to be equipped with a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system, which reduces NO_xemissions by transforming them into harmless nitrogen and water vapor. All three Paradise units are now equipped with this technology.

Carbon dioxide

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Nitrogen oxides

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Sulfur dioxide

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Toxics Release Inventory

2005 data

All amounts are in pounds

Chemical	Air	Water	Land	Offsite Disposal	Total
Antimony Compounds	0	0	0	0	0
Arsenic Compounds	2,025	697	93,622	16	96,359
Barium Compounds	10,255	25,946	524,544	18	560,763
Beryllium Compounds	200	0	10,498	0	10,699
Cadmium Compounds
Chromium Compounds	1,877	436	88,371	140	90,824
Cobalt Compounds	417	0	19,415	0	19,832
Copper Compounds	1,149	9,179	90,481	0	100,809
Lead Compounds	2,533	0	118,935	72	121,540
Manganese Compounds	3,081	174	163,984	0	167,239
Mercury Compounds	487	0	230	17	734
Nickel Compounds	1,866	2,626	101,139	0	105,631
Selenium Compounds	0	0	18,758	18	18,776
Silver Compounds
Thallium Compounds	31	0	25,650	0	25,681
Vanadium Compounds	3,116	2,947	193,880	0	199,943
Zinc Compounds	6,765	192	379,641	0	386,597
Hydrochloric Acid (aerosol)	1,106,393	0	0	0	1,106,393
Hydrogen Fluoride	227,019	0	0	0	227,019
Sulfuric Acid (aerosol)	5,824,863	0	0	0	5,824,863
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene	0.27	0	9.60	0	10
Dioxin (lbs)	0.007	0	0	0	0.007
Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds	51	0	1,215	0	1,265
Napthalene	87	0	0	0	87
Ammonia	25,320	556	0	0	25,876
Nitrate Compounds	0	105,865	0	0	107,374
Totals	7,217,536	148,616	1,830,372	281	9,196,804

 

Gross MWh generated:	14,981,556
Pounds released per MWh:	0.61

 

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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 Kemper Kingston Lagoon Creek Paradise Shawnee Widows Creek Other TVA Sites

 

General Information

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