Wind power in Tennessee

Located north of Oak Ridge and Oliver Springs, and east of Frozen Head State Park about thirty miles northwest of Knoxville, Buffalo Mountain Wind Farm was built in 2000 by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

[5] Until 2009 the TVA operated three wind turbines with a combined generation capacity of 2 MW "as a test bed".

In 2021 TVA announced no access would be allowed in the area while it is removing the three original test wind turbines that  "reached their end of life.

"[3] It purchases the output of 15 wind turbines built in 2004 and owned by Invenergy that have a combined capacity of 27 MW.

As of 2013, the agency had power purchased agreements with wind farms outside its service area: A 2010 agreement with Iberdrola Renewables provides a potential 300MW future supply from Streator-Cayuga Ridge Wind Farm, Livingston County, Illinois [11] Clean Line Energy LLC is proposing 700-mile power transmission line to bring wind energy from Oklahoma and to the Tennessee Valley.