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TVA Building Nation's First Mega Power Storage Facility

COLUMBUS, MS-The Tennessese Valley Authority's $25 million, two-acre complex is designed to store up to 120 megawatt-hours of energy and will be capable of providing power to 7,500 homes for up to 10 hours. Completion is scheduled for 2003. Sixty jobs will be created.

By Alex Finkelstein | Updated on October 24, 2001

COLUMBUS, MS-The Tennessee Valley Authority has broken ground on the first large-scale power storage facility in the United States off Highway 373, just east of the Air Force base near Columbus, MS.

The $25 million, two-acre complex is on an 18 month to 24-month construction track and is scheduled to be completed in 2003, according to Information Resources Inc., a Houston-based industry researcher. Sixty jobs will be created.

The complex is designed to store up to 120 megawatt-hours of energy and will be capable of providing power to 7,500 homes for up to 10 hours.

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