Shawnee Fossil Plant

Shawnee Fossil Plant
Shawnee Fossil Plant
Map
CountryUnited States
LocationMcCracken County, near Paducah, Kentucky
Coordinates37°09′N 88°46′W / 37.15°N 88.77°W / 37.15; -88.77
Commission date
  • Unit 1 - April 9, 1953[1]
  • Unit 2 - June 21, 1953[2]
  • Unit 3 - October 1953[3]
  • Unit 4 - January 8, 1954[3]
  • Unit 5 - October 1, 1954[4]
  • Unit 6 - November 1, 1954[5]
  • Unit 7 - December 23, 1954[6]
  • Unit 9 - July 19, 1955[7]
Decommission dateUnit 10 - June 30, 2014[8]
OwnerTVA
Thermal power station
Primary fuelBituminous coal
Cooling sourceOhio River
Power generation
Units operational9
Nameplate capacity1,750 MW
Annual net output8 billion kilowatt-hours
External links
Websitewww.tva.com/sites/shawnee.htm
CommonsRelated media on Commons
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The Shawnee Fossil Plant is a coal-fired power plant owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, located near Paducah, Kentucky. The closest city is Metropolis, Illinois, across the Ohio River to the northeast. The Shawnee Fossil Plant was created with the intentions of providing sufficient electricity to the national defense industry escalating demand for power which could not be met with the Commonwealth of Kentucky's then-current infrastructure. The plant also provided economic growth to the area in the post-WWII era creating jobs and a stronger infrastructure to support future state developments.

  1. ^ "Shawnee's First Power Unit Goes Into Operation". The Paducah Sun-Democrat. April 10, 1953. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-09-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Another TVA Unit Is 'On The Line'". The Paducah Sun-Democrat. June 23, 1953. p. 15. Retrieved 2020-09-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b Westfeldt, Wallace (April 4, 1954). "AEC Plants 'Crying' for TVA Power". The Nashville Tennessean. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-09-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "5th Shawnee Unit Placed 'On The Line'". The Paducah Sun-Democrat. October 1, 1954. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-09-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "6th Shawnee Unit Is In Operation". The Paducah Sun-Democrat. November 2, 1954. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-09-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Shawnee Now Largest U.S. Power Maker". The Paducah Sun-Democrat. December 23, 1954. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-09-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "9th Shawnee Unit On Line Commercially". The Paducah Sun-Democrat. July 21, 1955. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-09-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "TVA Tennessee Valley Authority : Shawnee Fossil Plant Fact Sheet". marketscreener.com. Market Screener. November 6, 2014. Retrieved 2019-01-19.