Tennessee Valley Authority annual report, 1977

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:6945516

This forty-fourth annual report covers topics on energy, environment, natural resources, and people. The home insulation program features a free home energy audit for all consumers, interest-free financing for attic insulation, potential annual energy savings in the range of a billion kWh, and savings of 500,000 kW in generating capacity. Environmental protection and improvement work at TVA's power plants will involve a total investment of more than $600 million, including commercial and experimental stack-gas-scrubber facilities proposed during the year to burn high-sulfur coal cleanly. Inextricably tied to environmental quality are the abundant natural resources of the Tennessee Valley; one is a function of the wise use of the other. And the consideration of all natural resources ''as one''--the air, water, land, minerals, fish, game and forests--is the essence of the unified resource development theme which has and will serve as TVA's guide. The development and wise use of the region's natural resources was marked this year by the challenge of weather extremes; more-efficient use of the forest resource; expanding land-based, river and flat-water recreation opportunities; and excellent programs in helping farmers maximize production and income through the use of TVA-developed fertilizers. A good example of a vital program which cuts across all category lines is TVA's $34 million demonstration plant to produce ammonia from coal. Design work on this facility at the National Fertilizer Development Center at Muscle Shoals began during the year. It is not too much of an oversimplification to describe this as a program which replaces a scarce resource with an abundant one, in an environmentally acceptable way, so that people may continue to eat. A concern for people, and the responsibility for working with people for better living, are the only reasons for TVA's existence.

• Research Organization: Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6945516
• Report Number(s): NP-23232
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
291000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Conservation
296000* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Electric Power
500600 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Regulations-- (-1989)
510500 -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (-1989)
520500 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (-1989)
520600 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Regulations -- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
553000 -- Agriculture & Food Technology
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES
AMMONIA
BROMIDES
BROMINE COMPOUNDS
BUILDINGS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
COAL
COST
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECONOMICS
ELECTRIC POWER
ENERGY
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
EQUIPMENT
FERTILIZERS
FORESTS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HOUSES
HYDRIDES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
IMPLEMENTATION
LOAD MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT
MANPOWER
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN HYDRIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
POWER
POWER GENERATION
PRODUCTION
RECREATIONAL AREAS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
RESOURCE CONSERVATION
RESOURCES
REVIEWS
SCRUBBERS
SOLAR ENERGY
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
WATER