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Solar is growing in the Valley As coal loses it' grip on power generation, solar is growing in popularity in Tennessee. General Motors plans to power its Tennessee manufacturing plant entirely from the sun by 2022 under an agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority to purchase solar power from one of TVA's first utility-owned solar farms. The assembly plant in Spring Hill will get 100 megawatts of solar power from a plant near Columbus, Mississippi. GM is buying the renewable power through TVA's Green Invest program, which allows electric customers to use only renewable generation at the cost of the generation. As solar has become cheaper and public support for renewable energy has increased, more companies are opting to buy renewable energy to meet environmental performance goals. GM has a goal of getting all of its electricity from renewables in the United States by 2030. Spring Hill Manufacturing is the largest GM site in North America, totaling 2,100 acres, and currently builds the GMC Acadia and the Cadillac XT5 and XT6. Seven hundred acres of GM's Spring Hill facility are dedicated to farming, with an additional 100 acres dedicated to wildlife habitat, composing of wetlands and native grasses.
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Return to Today's News Stories - Front PageThursday, April 29, 2021
US 411 Project News
Mill Creek Wildfire Update
More Bad News For Smokies' Fans
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Mill Creek Wildfire doubles in size
Goodbye Smokies?
Keep Cocke County Beautiful
Cocke Co. High School Remote Learning today!
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
The fireflies are coming!
Burnout Operations on MillCreek wildfire today
Gas prices drop
Tennessee keeps all US House seats
Monday, April 26, 2021
Boat accident victim ID'd
Traffic stop yields drug arrest
Cocke County Wildfires
Friday, April 23, 2021
Leaving WNPC
Mathis announces candidacy
Newport drug roundup
Cruise Against Cancer
Jobless numbers
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