Colleges with Cogeneration or Trigeneration Power Plants

Listing of Colleges & Universities with Cogeneration or Trigeneration Power Plants

  • Albion College, Albion, Michigan, 360 kW
  • Alvin Community College, Alvin, TX, 1.0 MW
  • Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 3.3 MW
  • Biola University, California, 1.2 MW
  • Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 3.25 MW steam turbine
  • Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 600 kW
  • California Institute of Technology, 11.0 MW
  • California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obisbo, California, 350 kW
  • California State University-Long Beach, Long Beach, California – 350 kW
  • Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, 950 kW
  • Cerritos Community College, Norwalk, California, 150 kW
  • City of San Diego, San Diego, California, 27 MW
  • Claremont Colleges, Claremont, California, 50 kW
  • Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1.8 MW
  • Colby College, Waterville, Maine, 100 kW
  • College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, 375 kW
  • Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 8.5 MW
  • Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 4.0 MW
  • Dundee University, Dundee, Scotland
  • Duquense University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 5.0 MW (under construction)
  • Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 4.0 MW gas turbine
  • Elgin Community College, Elgin, Illinois, 4 x 800 kW Waukesha engines
  • Foothill-De Anza Community College, Los Altos Hills, California, 65 kW
  • Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 2.8 MW Turbonetics backpressure turbine
  • Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Massachusetts
  • Harding University, Harding, Arkansas, 5.2 MW
  • Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, Michigan. Instructional cogen plant: 2 Steam Turbine Generators – 40 KW operating either condensing or non-cond; 2 Gas/Diesel Generators – 16 KW; 2 DC/AC MG Cogenerator/synchronizing sets – 15 KW Total capacity: 70 KW. Plant also has 7 Operating FT and WT boilers and Large Utility Plant Simulation system
  • Highland Community College, Freeport, Illinois, 60 kW
  • Hofstra University, Long Island, New York
  • Illinois Central College, East Peoria, Illinois, 650 kW
  • Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 8.0 MW (2 x Allison KB 501)
  • Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 36 MW (Coal-fired steam turbine)
  • Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, 10,600 kW, 2 x Allison 501 KH Gas Turbines
  • Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, 3.0 MW
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 23 mW ABB GT-10 Gas Turbine
  • Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 12.5 MW
  • Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, 530 kW
  • Montclair State College, Montclair, New Jersey, 4.0 MW Solar Centaur Type "H" gas turbine
  • New York University, New York City, New York, 7.0 MW backpressure turbine
  • Northeastern Illinois University Peaking power with heat recover
  • Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont, 300 kW
  • Occidental College, Eagle Rock, California
  • Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 10.75 MW
  • Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 9.5 MW
  • Olds College, Olds, Alabama
  • Palomar Community College, San Marcos, California, 650 kW
  • Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
  • Plymouth State College, Plymouth, New Hampshire, 1.25 MW Mirrlees-Blackstone Engine
  • Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 14.0 MW LM 1600
  • Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 7.5 MW
  • Rice University, Houston, Texas, Solar Taurus 60 T6500 4.5 MW, Ruston TB5000 3.1 MW, natural gas turbines.
  • Richard Stockton State College, Pomona, New Jersey
  • Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey
  • Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
  • Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
  • St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, 350 kW
  • Saint Mary of the Woods College, Indiana 750 kW
  • St. Paul’s School, Concord, New Hampshire, 2.3 MW
  • San Diego State University, San Diego, California, 2.6 MW
  • San Jose State University, San Jose, California, 6.0 MW
  • Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 10.5 MW
  • Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas 6.2 MW
  • Update: May 2001- original cogeneration plant installed in 1988. University is now doubling existing plant to 12.4 MW
  • Springfield College, Springfield, Massachusetts, 450 kW
  • Stanford University, Stanford, California, 39 MW
  • State University of New York, Stony Brook, Long Island, New York, LM6000
  • Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 36.5 MW
  • Texas Tech, Lubbock, Texas
  • The College of New Jersey, Trenton, New Jersey, Solar Turbine Centaur T-4700 rated at 3.2 MW
  • The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Connecticut, 135 kW
  • The Rockefeller University, New York, New York
  • The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey.
  • Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, 2.5 MW 
  • Turabo University, Gurabo, Puerto Rico, 38.0 MW
  • University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, 13 MW coal- and oil-fired steam turbine
  • University of British Columbia, considering cogeneration.
  • University of California, Berkeley, California
  • University of California, Davis, California 7.0 MW
  • University of California, Los Angeles, California, 2 x LM1600
  • University of California, San Francisco, California
  • University of California, Santa Cruz, California, 2.6 MW
  • University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 33 MW, 2 x MF111
  • University of Florida, 42.0 MW, LM6000 gas turbine.
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, 30.0 MW
  • University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 21.0 MW
  • University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta
  • University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
  • University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 3.6 MW Update: $36 million approved for increasing existing cogen plant.
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 39.0 MW
  • University of Michigan, Dearborn, Michigan, 350 kW
  • University of Missouri – Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, 52.0 MW [20 MW backpressure turbine from 200,000 pph coal-fired CFB, 14 MW from older steam boilers]
  • University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, 4.5 MW, (1,500 kW backpressure steam turbine & 3.0 MW gas turbine)
  • University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 3.5 MW gas turbine
  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 28.0 MW
  • University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, 2 x LM 5000
  • University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, 7.5 MW
  • University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 32.0 MW
  • University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 12.5 MW
  • University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 5.5 MW steam turbines.
  • University of San Diego, San Diego, California, 1.05 MW
  • University of San Francisco, 1.5 MW
  • University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 1.775 MW
  • University of Texas, Austin, Texas 85 MW
  • University of Texas, South West Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
  • University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, 8 MW gas turbine installed 1995.
  • University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 5.0 MW
  • University of West Virginia (?)
  • University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 1.6 MW
  • University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 3.0 MW
  • University of Wisconsin, Whitewater 285 MW under construction.
  • Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. 11 MW. Two GE-5 gas turbines, each with a 100,000 pph HRSG. UPDATE: Second order for GE-5s in the US.
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, 24.0 MW
  • Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, 4.5 MW, 3 x Jenbacher engines
  • Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, 660 kW
  • Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 500 kW

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