| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 68.03 |
| Liaison | Kelly Wellman |
| Submission Date | Dec. 12, 2024 |
Texas A&M University
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.38 / 4.00 |
Les
Williams Associate Dir For Utilities & Energy Management Utilities & Energy Management |
Total energy consumption (electric and non-electric)
Clean and renewable energy sources
Clean and renewable electricity
| kWh | MMBtu | |
| Imported electricity from certified/verified clean and renewable sources (i.e., bundled green power purchases) | 59,090,510 Kilowatt-hours | 201,616.82 MMBtu |
| Electricity from on-site, clean and renewable sources (rights retained/retired) | 0 Kilowatt-hours | 0 MMBtu |
A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:
Texas A&M University started receiving the purchased solar power in December 2022.
This reporting period represents the first continuous 12-month period that Texas A&M University received off-site solar from the Samson Solar project through a Power Purchasing Agreement (PPA). Samson Solar is located in Franklin, Lamar and Red River Counties in Northwest Texas and when complete will generate 1020 megawatts of sustainable energy. Texas A&M has entered into a long-term PPA for Samson Solar to provide at least 50MW of our energy, which represents over 20% of the campus’ electricity demands.
A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:
Clean and renewable thermal energy
| 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
| kWh | MMBtu | |
| Purchased RECs, GOs, I-RECs or equivalent unbundled renewable energy products certified by a third party | 0 Kilowatt-hours | 0 MMBtu |
A brief description of the unbundled renewable energy products:
Metrics used in scoring
Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
Optional Fields
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| Percentage of total electricity use (0-100) | |
| Biomass | --- |
| Coal | --- |
| Geothermal | --- |
| Hydro | --- |
| Natural gas | 22.30 |
| Nuclear | --- |
| Solar photovoltaic | 11 |
| Wind | --- |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 66.80 |
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
66.8% is the electric purchased from ERCOT:
Natural Gas: 45.1%
Wind 24.3%
Coal: 13.9%
Nuclear: 9.2%
Hydro, Biomass, Solar, others: 7.6%
October 2024 fact sheet: https://www.ercot.com/files/docs/2022/02/08/ERCOT_Fact_Sheet.pdf
(same URL but the data has been updated)
Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
| Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100) | |
| Biomass | --- |
| Coal | --- |
| Electricity | --- |
| Fuel oil | --- |
| Geothermal | --- |
| Natural gas | 100 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | --- |
A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
Campus heating is provided to the campus as a by product of the heat from the natural gas turbine / HRSG OR CHP used to generate electricity for the campus.
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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