March 2009
Zoom in on your optimal location
Site location is now faster than ever with the new TVAsites.com.
One Source for comprehensive site searches in a seven-state, 80,000 square-mile region.
1,900 available listings in the Southeast U.S.
New search features include:
- Interactive mapping with satellite, terrain, and street views
- 13 map layering options
- Polygon search capabilities
- Side-by-side comparison option for listings
- Google™ technology offering a bird’s eye view from anywhere.
Check out these features and many more enhancements at TVAsites.com.
For more information, contact Carmen Taylor.
New data center rates
Effective December 2008, TVA’s best power rates are available to data and technology centers with:
- Over 5 megawatts of power demand
- An average monthly load factor of 80% or higher
- One of the following NAICS codes:
5182 - Data Processing
522320 - Financial Transactions Processing
541214 - Payroll Services
5181 - Internet Services
Read more about this money-saving power option.
For inquiries, please contact TVA Target Market Specialist Tim Tidwell.
Solar technology investments promise
bright future
The world's top two polysilicon manufacturers will make billion-dollar investments to build new plants in Tennessee that will serve the needs of the emerging solar technology industry. Polysilicon is used in solar cells as well as semiconductor devices.
Dow Corning-Hemlock Semiconductor will build a plant at the Commerce Park Megasite in Clarksville. The $1.2 billion investment is expected to bring over 500 initial direct jobs. And a German company, Wacker Chemie AG, expects to make a $1 billion investment in Charleston (near Cleveland), in Bradley County, for its polysilicon plant. It is expected to provide about 500 jobs in its first phase of operations.
Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen said landing the plants is an important step in making Tennessee a leader in environmental technology and in helping the nation move toward prosperity and leadership in solar energy. A press release from Wacker said its decision was based on “the size of the site, availability of reliable power from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), over-the-fence supply of chlorine from the adjacent Olin Corporation facility, and excellent transportation infrastructure.”
Read more at www.tvaed.com/news.
For information about the renewable energy industry in the Tennessee Valley, contact TVA Target Market Specialist Alan Raymond.
Competitive prices and world-class reliability
TVA power is a big plus for companies in the Tennessee Valley. The agency’s electric rates remain competitively priced, and TVA and its power distributors have achieved an exceptional record of reliability. The TVA transmission system has achieved 99.999% reliability every year since 2000, and the system ranks in the top 10% of all U.S. utilities. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation has praised TVA’s culture of reliability. TVA is also working to ensure that it has the capacity needed to meet the Valley’s growing power demands. One important measure was restarting the first nuclear generating unit to go online in this century at Browns Ferry, Alabama.
For more information or to submit comments or questions to TVA Economic Development, visit TVAed.com, e-mail econdev@tva.com, or phone 615.232.6225.