Overall Rating | Gold |
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Overall Score | 65.09 |
Liaison | Shane Stennes |
Submission Date | Jan. 11, 2023 |
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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0.20 / 4.00 |
Ann
Lundholm Sustainability Coordinator Energy Mgmt |
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) | 17,839,200 Kilowatt-hours | 60,867.35 MMBtu |
Electricity from on-site, clean and renewable sources (rights retained/retired) | 1,750,202 Kilowatt-hours | 5,971.69 MMBtu |
A brief description of the certified/verified sources of clean and renewable electricity:
Renewable*Connect is a utility green pricing program from Xcel Energy.
The program is supplied with clean energy from the Odell Wind Farm and the North Star, Marshall and Aurora solar projects, all located in Minnesota. The resource blend contains roughly 80% wind and 20% solar.
The utility, Xcel, retires the Green-E Certified Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) on behalf of the University. The RECs equivalent to the University's renewable energy purchases are not attributable to any other customer.
More details and information regarding the program are available at:
https://mn.my.xcelenergy.com/s/renewable/renewable-connect
A brief description of the on-site renewable electricity generating facilities/devices:
The University has 1,973 kilowatts (DC) of on-site solar, spread across 9 locations. The University retains legal title to the Environmental Attributes (i.e. RECs) as part of this power generation. All energy generated by the systems is consumed by the University.
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 | 40,000,000 Kilowatt-hours | 136,480 MMBtu |
A brief description of the unbundled renewable energy products:
The University participates in community solar gardens through Equuleus, Nextera, Terraform, US Solar. As part of these transactions, the University receives unbundled Green-E Certified RECs.
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 | --- |
Coal | --- |
Geothermal | --- |
Hydro | --- |
Natural gas | --- |
Nuclear | --- |
Solar photovoltaic | --- |
Wind | --- |
Other (please specify and explain below) | --- |
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100) | |
Biomass | 0 |
Coal | 0.70 |
Electricity | 0 |
Fuel oil | 0.20 |
Geothermal | 0 |
Natural gas | 99.10 |
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:
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