Power Sector Opportunities Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions Tennessee

This fact sheet by the World Resources Institute (WRI) analyzes how Tennessee can utilize existing infrastructure and clean energy measures to reduce power plant CO2 emissions to meet or exceed EPA standards.

• WRI analysis indicates that Tennessee has the potential to reduce its CO2 emissions by 41 percent below 2011 levels by the year 2020, a reduction that would meet or exceed ambitious EPA power plant emissions standards.
• Tennessee can reduce CO2 emissions through three primary infrastructure-based opportunities: increasing the use of combined heat and power (CHP) to achieve 25 percent of additional technical potential by 2030 (4 percent reduction), running existing combined cycle (NGCC) natural gas plants at 75 percent capacity (11 percent reduction), and increasing coal plant efficiency by 2.5 percent (2 percent reduction). All reductions are measured against 2011 levels by 2020.
• Clean energy opportunities for CO2 reduction include achieving 1 percent annual energy savings, which could reduce emissions by 10 percent by 2020 compared to 2011 levels, and continuing the previous decade's average renewable energy increase of 2.9 percent per year to reach 16 percent of electricity generation from renewables by 2020 (a 9 percent reduction compared to 2011).
• The Tennessee Valley Authority is identified as the largest utility in the state and provides various energy-saving programs to customers.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Power Sector Opportunities Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions Tennessee. https://www.wri.org/research/power-sector-opportunities-reducing-carbon-dioxide-emissions-tennessee

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Power Sector Opportunities Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions Tennessee. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/power-sector-opportunities-reducing-carbon-dioxide-emissions-tennessee.

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@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendpower, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Power Sector Opportunities Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions Tennessee}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/power-sector-opportunities-reducing-carbon-dioxide-emissions-tennessee}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }