Boiler Replacement and Cogeneration Project

Story posted November 16, 2009



  • Scheduled completion: 2011
  • Project manager: John Simoneau

In May 2009, the Board of Trustees approved the project that includes the replacement of two aging and inefficient boilers with a new high-efficiency, low emissions, dual-fuel (natural gas and #2 oil) boiler and the installation of a back pressure steam turbine, which will produce an estimated 1.65 million kilowatt hours of electricity annually.

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This combined heat and power project will use excess steam energy to generate electricity for campus consumption, offsetting electricity currently purchased from the grid.

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