On the news that TVA’s Watts Bar Unit 2 goes live (emphasis mine, reformatted):
- The 1,150 MWe Watts Bar 2 reactor provides clean electricity for 650,000 homes & businesses.
- Watts Bar 2 alone will produce as much electricity as 1/3rd of America’s wind turbines.
- A wind farm generating as much power as Watts Bar 2 would require 600-800 square miles of land. Solar would require an area as large as Chattanooga.
- With WB2 online, TVA will be able to reduce emissions 60% over 2005 levels in just 4 years.
- Along with Watts Bar 1, WB2 will provide nearly 1,000 permanent jobs and generate $470 million in goods and services every year.
(H/T: Instapundit)
