| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 73.04 |
| Liaison | Troy Goodnough |
| Submission Date | March 30, 2018 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Minnesota, Morris
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.13 / 4.00 |
Troy
Goodnough Sustainability Director Office of Sustainability |
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
134,201
MMBtu
Option 1
16,800
MMBtu
None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
We obtain 60% of our electricity from two 1.65MW Vestas wind turbines. Morris owns all of the renewable energy credits for the power it consumes from both of these turbines. In addition, there are two photovoltaic panels near the Science building and a 300kW back pressure steam turbine in the biomass plant, which also makes electricity. There is also a 20kW solar PV system at Green Prairie Community.
Option 2
21,061
MMBtu
None
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
The recreational pool at our Regional Fitness Center (RFC) is heated by an array of 32 flat-plate solar thermal panels. This array is estimated to produce about 280MBtu per year. In addition, Morris has a biomass gasification plant that provides heating and cooling at Morris.
Option 3
0
MMBtu
None
A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
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Option 4
0
MMBtu
A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
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Optional Fields
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Sierra magazine requests the following information from U.S. institutions that wish to share data with that organization:
| Percentage of total electricity use (0-100) | |
| Biomass | 0 |
| Coal | 17.90 |
| Geothermal | 0 |
| Hydro | 0.40 |
| Natural gas | 0.40 |
| Nuclear | 0 |
| Solar photovoltaic | 0 |
| Wind | 66.60 |
| Other (please specify and explain below) | 14.70 |
A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
About 60% of campus electricity comes from wind. Other sources (solar PV, back-pressure steam turbine at biomass plant) contribute smaller percentages. Minnesota has a Renewable Energy Standard of 25% renewable energy by 2025. Our local electricity provider, also contributes to that goal. So, state policy is helping us increase our total renewable energy percentage beyond 60%. The mix from our power company in 2016 was: 18% wind, 44% coal, 1% hydro, 1% natural gas, 0% biomass, and 36% unassigned purchases. The unassigned purchased include nuclear and other sources.
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:
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Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
28.21
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Data from the 20kW array can be viewed here:
http://egauge13797.egaug.es/
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