Solar Valley Coalition
Natural Gas / Fuel Cells

Lifecycle assessment of GHG emissions comparing coal and natural gas.  R. W. Allmendinger.  Dean of
Geology, Cornell University.

Frack Attack. Drilling Technique Under Scrutiny.  An industry view.  Center for American Progress.  June 25,
2009.

OIG Review of TVA's Decision to Construct a Gas Plant in Northeast Tennessee.  November 24, 2009

Who Needs the Grid?  A new fuel-cell technology promises to revolutionize access to cheap, clean energy. by
Lane Wallace Atlantic Monthly.  12/09.

Fuel-cell maker didn't choose site by accident. By Larisa Brass.  Knoxville News Sentinel.  June 15, 2009

TVA urged to consider gas to replace old coal.  Dave Flessner.  Chattanooga Times Free Press.  Nov. 17,
2009.

Natural gas plant touted for East Tennessee.  Trade group leader says it will bring economic progress.  By
Liz Engel  Knoxville News Sentinel.  August 6, 2009

TVA to build natural gas power plant.  By DUNCAN MANSFIELD, Associated Press June 4, 2009

TVA turns again to natural gas for more electricity.  Saturday, March 31, 2007.  Chattanooga Times Free Press.  By Dave
Flessner.   America's largest government electric utility is turning to natural gas to help meet its growing power load.
UTC SimCenter Provides Research For First Bloom Box At EPB.  Chattanooga Times Free Press.  June 29,
2010

Gassing up TVA  Dave Flessner  Chattanooga Times Free Press May 27, 2010.

Preliminary Assessment of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Natural Gas obtained by Hydraulic
Fracturing by Robert W. Howarth and David R. Atkinson Cornell University (17 March 2010 Draft)

EPA launches study of fracking as practice widens.  Steve Gelsi  MarketWatch March 18, 2010

Mining technique leads to pollution.  Wastewater from natural gas a problem MARC LEVY and VICKI SMITH
Associated Press February 4, 2010

Bloom Energy Shifts Power via Fuel Cells.  Breakthrough technology from a richly funded Silicon Valley startup
could revolutionize the energy business, especially in the developing world.  Business Week.  Dec. 7, 2009.

Piedmont Gas asks savers to pay more.  Proposal went to regulators after lawmakers rejected it  By Anne Paine
• THE TENNESSEAN • January 21, 2010

Guest editorial: Environment must be guarded.  By Mark Quarles • Nashville Tennessean.  January 15, 2010

Guest editorial: Gas has key role in TVA's fuel mix.  By William R. McCollum • Nashville Tennessean.  January
15, 2010
TVA agrees to buy gas plant  Mississippi facility would be utility's 5th combined cycle
site  Knoxville News Sentinel  July 8, 2011

Brownsville: Up and running: TVA dedicates Lagoon Creek power facility
Jackson Sun Jun. 9, 2011   

Groups target 'fracking': Environmentalists want new rules on gas extraction  By Ed
Marcum  Knoxville News Sentinel  February 22, 2011

TVA making the change to cleaner energy  Ed Marcum  Knoxville News Sentinel  
January 29, 2011

Climate Benefits of Natural Gas May Be Overstated.  ProPublica  January 25, 2011

Report Questions Role of Shale Gas as Bridge to Low Carbon Future.  Reuters.  
Jan. 19, 2011.

Nitrogen-heavy gas drilling method common in Tenn. Ken Little, Knoxville News
Sentinel  December 5, 2010

The Drillers are Coming.  Mark Fischetti.  Scientific American.  July 2010.

Natural gas drilling leaving East Tenn. for Northeast  By Ed Marcum  Knoxville
News Sentinel  August 14, 2011


Deal reflects TVA shift to gas  Mississippi plant fits with utility's push to cleaner power
Dave Flessner, Chattanooga Times Free Press  July 9, 2011