| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 81.96 |
| Liaison | Lindsey Lyons |
| Submission Date | March 1, 2024 |
Dickinson College
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.31 / 4.00 |
Kenneth
Shultes AVP for Sustainability Sustainability |
Total energy consumption, performance year:
Clean and renewable electricity (report kilowatt-hours):
| kWh | MMBtu | |
| Imported electricity from certified/verified clean and renewable sources (i.e., bundled green power purchases) | 4,608,544 Kilowatt-hours | 15,724.35 MMBtu |
| Electricity from on-site, clean and renewable sources (rights retained/retired) | 340,000 Kilowatt-hours | 1,160.08 MMBtu |
A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:
Dickinson's solar field is a 3-MW solar facility constructed on Dickinson property. Dickinson purchases electricity from the solar field through a power purchasing agreement with NextEra. http://www.dickinson.edu/news/article/3036/?utm_source=dickinsontoday&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dickinsontoday
(The original developer was Solar City, who sold the rights to Tesla, who then sold the rights to NextEra Energy).
A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:
Grid-tied solar panels are installed at five locations on campus: Waidner-Spahr Library, Kaufman Hall, Center for Sustainable Living, Quarry trellis, and Britton Plaza. Additionally, most of the electricity needed for our farm operations is generated by grid-tied pv panels at the farm.
Also, in FY22, the college retained the RECS associated with the generation of 200,000 kwh from our solar field.
When combining our on-campus arrays listed above plus the energy from the solar field for which we retained RECS, the total for on-site renewable sources is 340,000 kwh.
Clean and renewable thermal energy (report MMBtu):
| MMBtu | |
| Clean and renewable stationary fuels used on-site to generate thermal energy | 0 MMBtu |
| Imported steam, hot water, and/or chilled water from certified/verified clean and renewable sources | 0 MMBtu |
A brief description of the clean and renewable stationary fuels:
A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable thermal energy:
Unbundled renewable energy products (report kWh):
| kWh | MMBtu | |
| Purchased RECs, GOs, I-RECs or equivalent unbundled renewable energy products certified by a third party | 15,230,000 Kilowatt-hours | 51,964.76 MMBtu |
A brief description of the unbundled renewable energy products:
In FY22, Dickinson purchased unbundled certified wind RECs equivalent to 100% of annual electricity purchases.
Total clean and renewable energy generated or purchased:
Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
Website URL where information about the institution’s support for clean and renewable energy is available:
Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
| Percentage of total electricity use (0-100) | |
| Biomass | 0 |
| Coal | 0 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Hydro | 0 |
| Natural gas | 0 |
| Nuclear | 0 |
| Solar photovoltaic | 27.50 |
| Wind | 72.50 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | --- |
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
Percentages are based on 4,608 MWh/yr electricity from Dickinson's 3-MW Solar Field power purchasing agreement and 15,230 MWh of unbundled wind RECs. Together these exceed 100% of Dickinson's total annual electricity purchases.
Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
| Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100) | |
| Biomass | 0 |
| Coal | 0 |
| Electricity | 5 |
| Fuel oil | 1 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Natural gas | 94 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 0 |
A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Energy source % for grid electricity for RFCE region can be accessed at https://www.epa.gov/egrid/power-profiler#/
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