Opinion: TVA is right to supercharge renewable energy options with expanded pumped storage

Because of the decrease in fossil fuel plants, an old idea suddenly looks new again in the consideration of power generation for TVA.

The utility has begun to study whether a pumped storage power plant similar to the Raccoon Mountain facility just west of Chattanooga might be feasible for either of two mountain ridges along the Tennessee River in Northeast Alabama. Such a plant would be located at either the closed Widows Creek coal unit near Stevenson, Alabama, or along Rorex Creek near Pisgah, Alabama.

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Will Giglio
Big Sky Sustainability Network Organization talks about plan to make Big Sky carbon-neutral by 2050

The Sustainability Network Organization, otherwise known as SNO, was created in 2020 to work with local partners to identify climate and sustainability issues and look for solutions within the growing Community of Big Sky. Their goal is to maintain net-zero carbon emissions in Big Sky by 2050. SNO recently presented their Climate Action plan and projects to the Big Sky Resort Area District Board Meeting

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Will Giglio