Emissions

Kingston Fossil Plant

What TVA is doing about emissions at Kingston

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

• The plant burns a low-sulfur blend of coal in all nine units to limit emissions of sulfur dioxide.
• Two scrubbers were completed in 2010 at a cost of $475 million, further reducing SO₂ emissions by up to 95 percent.
• Four units use low-NOx burners to reduce the production of nitrogen oxides that contribute to ozone and acid rain. Boiler optimization and combustion controls, which allow coal to be burned more thoroughly and efficiently, limit the production of NOx at the plant’s five other units.
• Nine units operate selective catalytic reduction systems during the May to September ozone season, reducing NOx by more than 90 percent.

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)	680,000	0	0	0	680,000
Hydrogen Fluoride	88,000	0	0	0	88,000
Sulfuric Acid (aerosol)	170,000	0	0	0	170,000
Ammonia	28,000	630	0	0	28,630
Antimony Compounds					0
Arsenic Compounds					0
Barium Compounds	1,029	36,000	0	390,022	427,051
Beryllium Compounds					0
Cadmium Compounds					0
Chromium Compounds	174	1,300	820	24,001	26,295
Cobalt Compounds					0
Copper Compounds	145	4,000	3,260	34,000	41,405
Lead Compounds	115	0	1,540	14,005	15,660
Manganese Compounds	305	0	3,800	39,000	43,105
Mercury Compounds	110	0	59	40	209
Nickel Compounds	172	340	1,500	20,000	22,012
Selenium Compounds					0
Silver					0
Thallium Compounds					0
Vanadium Compounds	169	1,600	4,400	49,000	55,169
Zinc Compounds	516	3,600	1,024	33,000	38,140
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene	0	0	1	0	1
Naphthalene	19	0	0	0	19
Nitrate Compounds					0
Dioxin (grams)	1	0	0	0	1
Dioxin (lbs)	0	0	0	0	0
Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds	10	0	77	5	92
Hydrazine					0
Total	968,764	47,470	16,481	603,073	1,635,787

 

Gross MWh Generated:	3,236,327
Pounds Released per MWh:	0.505

 

 

 

 

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

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