BlueOval City designed for the environment and local communities
Staff Reports
Lone Oaks Farm The University of Tennessee’s giant Lone Oaks Farm Lake and surrounding wetlands belong to the Cub Creek watershed, which is the subject of a stream mitigation and recovery agreement between Ford’s BlueOval City and UT Extension. Photo courtesy of UTIA.
As construction of BlueOval City in Haywood County progresses, Ford’s vision of an efficient, carbon-neutral production facility is becoming a reality. From its initial conception, BlueOval City was designed to help minimize the impact on the local environment and protect the local environment. community.
“We recognize the importance of farming, fishing and hunting in West Tennessee,” said Blake Newbill, senior environmental engineer at the Tennessee Electric Vehicle Center. “And we perceive that being a smart neighbor includes taking care of the air, the water, and the land. so that those resources are preserved for our community. “
The length of the BlueOval City allocation compelled Ford to invest in a primary flow recovery allocation, and the UT Institute of Agriculture was in a position to meet that need with a reclamation assignment at Lone Oaks Farm in Middleton. The structure commissions repairing approximately 20,000 feet of waterways on the Lone Oaks property, while also ensuring the long-term monetary viability of Lone Oaks’ educational programs.
The task involved many partners, including the Tennessee Wildlife Federation and the West Tennessee River Basin Authority (WTRBA).
Ford is investing in renewable, carbon-free electric power in West Tennessee to help the local power grid and reduce air emissions. The company’s goal is for the assembly plant at the Tennessee Electric Vehicle Center to use carbon-free electrical power.
The new generation aims to help reduce the amount of electrical energy needed to manufacture vehicles, adding inventions that will capture and reuse heat from the site’s application infrastructure and geothermal energy formulas to supply heat to the assembly plant, saving approximately three hundred million cubic feet of natural gas. It takes a year to heat meeting plants for vehicles of similar size.
To help protect air quality, Ford plans to install systems that will help limit emissions with no out-of-control emissions from paint operations. The Tennessee Electric Vehicle Center’s air emission limits are the strictest of any plant assembled in the United States.
“Just like at Ford, we focus on what we build and how we build. We’ve continued to push the envelope when it comes to environmental quality, including conserving water, reducing waste, and transitioning our business to carbon-free electricity. That’s what our consumers and neighbors expect from Ford,” said Bill Ford and Jim Farley.
According to Ford’s website, 77% of its production facilities are true zero waste to landfills.
Ford executives aim for full carbon neutrality in the U. S. by 2050 and in Europe by 2035.
The new campus application formula will save approximately 50 million gallons of water annually by reducing evaporation from the site’s cooling towers. In addition, the Tennessee Electric Vehicle Center, which doesn’t dump any waste in landfills, plans to reuse commercial water from the entire site to maintain the use of the plant’s new water for drinking and other critical human needs.
This facility will also adhere to the practices Ford has implemented at its facilities around the world to reduce and reuse water. Ford has stored 199 billion gallons of water in its global production operations since 2000.
Ford identified in 2023 through the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a leading global nonprofit that owns the world’s largest environmental database, in a report highlighting existing water-related hazards and long-term monetary opportunities for water-related businesses.
The installation aims to incorporate designs, protective measures and environmental structures to conscientiously care for the fabrics used in the production procedure and prevent them from coming into contact with rainwater and soil. The facility will not store chemicals or other fabrics underground, and the chemical garage structures will incorporate multi-layered protective measures such as backup and secondary containment systems and sealed soil with drainage to a compromised wastewater collection system. Ford also intends to expand a comprehensive stormwater control system.
Construction of the mega mega West Tennessee continues as Ford Motor Company and SK On prepare to roll out Ford’s all-electric pickup truck lineup through 2026. The six square miles will space Ford’s meeting plant, as well as an electric battery production and recycling facility. , as well as a TCAT and direct suppliers.