Wind powerinTennessee is in the early stages of development. [1] US Senator from Tennessee Lamar Alexander is an outspoken critic of the wind power.[2]
Located north of Oak Ridge and Oliver Springs and east of Frozen Head State Park in about thirty miles northwest of Knoxville, Buffalo Mountain Windfarm was built in 2000 by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) which operates three wind turbines with a combined generation capacity of 2 MW. It purchases the output of 15 additional wind turbines built in 2004 and owned by Invenergy that have a combined capacity of 27 MW.[3][4][5][6][7]
Clean Line Energy LLC is proposing 700-mile power transmission line to bring wind energy from Oklahoma and to the Tennessee Valley. The TVA would import 1,750 megawatts, about half of the power that could be transmitted. Developers begun in 2007 to seek regulatory approval for the $2 billion project, but it's expected to take at least 2020 to acquire it before construction can begin. [8][9][10][10][11][12]
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