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Cumberland Power Plant

Tennessee, United States

The 235th largest power station in the world

2.6 GW · Capacity

Cumberland Fossil Plant is a pulverized coal-fired power station located west of Cumberland City, Tennessee, US, on the south bank of Lake Barkley on the Cumberland River. Owned and operated by Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), it has a gross capacity of 2,470 MW, and is the most powerful power station in Tennessee.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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