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OMAHA, Neb., and KNOXVILLE, Tenn. April 21, 2026 – Bobwhite Energy Storage, an affiliate of independent energy company Tenaska, has signed a long-term energy storage agreement with Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for a 225-megawatt/900-megawatt hour storage project in East Tennessee. Read more...
Hawkins County is seeing several economic developments this year — the most ongoing projects its ever had at once, Industrial Development Board Chair Patrick Lund said. Read more...
SURGOINSVILLE — Bobwhite Energy Storage, an affiliate of independent energy company Tenaska, has signed a long-term energy storage agreement with Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for a 225-megawatt/900-megawatt hour storage project on a 30-acre site at the Phipps Bend Industrial Park in Hawkins County. Read more...
SURGOINSVILLE — A battery energy storage system, or BESS, facility is coming to Hawkins County's Phipps Bend Industrial Park. Bobwhite Energy Storage signed a 20-year agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority for the project. Bobwhite is an affiliate of the Nebraska-based energy company Tenaska, who issued a press release. Read more...
SURGOINSVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — $300 million will be invested in Hawkins County thanks to a new partnership with the Tennessee Valley Authority and Tenaska to bring a brand new battery storage system to the Phipps Bend Industrial Park. Read more...