Paradise Combined Cycle & Combustion Turbine Plant

Paradise Combined Cycle/Combustion Turbine Plant is located in Drakesboro, Ky., adjacent to the Peabody Wildlife Management Area and 20 miles from Lake Malone State Park.

Paradise Combined Cycle Plant

Paradise uses natural gas for combustion and consists of three trains, each with a gas turbine/generator and a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG). This highly flexible facility can operate in one-on-one, two-on-one or three-on-one mode or operate in simple cycle mode as needed based on daily power demand. During simple cycle operation, the plant can produce up to 210 megawatts per train. The system is also designed to operate in a combined cycle operation, which includes using the HRSG to capture exhaust heat from the turbine and funneling it into a steam turbine/generator to produce more electricity. This creates a combined cycle operation capacity of 1,100 megawatts during the summer – enough to power more than 644,000 homes. 

Paradise Combined Cycle Plant was built in April 2017 to replace the retired capacity of two units at Paradise Fossil Plant, which retired in April 2017 due to its aging condition and TVA’s transition to a cleaner energy portfolio. To learn more about Paradise Fossil Plant, click here. Paradise Combined Cycle Plant went into operation on April 7, 2017. 

Paradise Combustion Turbine Plant

In late 2023, TVA added three new simple cycle combustion turbine units onsite that can generate 681 megawatts of capacity – enough to power up to 398,000 homes.