University of Louisville Plant
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The University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, has a plant with two coal-fired boilers permitted to burn up to 10,000 tons of coal a year.[1]
In June 2010, the University of Louisville (U of L) said it will phase out burning coal on its Belknap Campus, pushed along by tighter air quality regulations on soot and a university effort to increase energy efficiency. Continuing to use coal for its burners would require construction of an $8 million bag house, a pollution control device that would collect particulate matter in a 50-foot tall building, which U of L's vice president for business affairs Larry Owsley said was "impractical." U of L and the air district board are scheduled to sign the agreement on June 15, 2010, which also calls for phasing out coal burning on campus by the end of 2015.[2]
The coal burning boiler is 32 years old,[2] and has been replaced with a natural gas boiler.[3]
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Coal ash
From 2003 to 2008, the University recycled 4,210,680 pounds of coal ash.[4]
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References
- ↑ "Title V Operating Permit", Louisville-Jefferson County Air Pollution Control District, University of Rochester, accessed March 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 James Bruggers, "University of Louisville to phase out coal burning on Belknap campus" Courier Journal, June 15, 2010.
- ↑ "Boiler Replacement," University of Louisville, accessed May 2013.
- ↑ "Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle" University of Louisville Physical Plant, accessed December 2009
Related SourceWatch articles
- Campus coal plants
- Existing U.S. Coal Plants
- Opposition to existing coal plants
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- Coal and jobs
- Coal-fired power plant capacity and generation
- Coal phase-out
- Coal plant conversion projects
- Coal plants near residential areas
External resources
- Anne C. Mulkern, "Colleges Are Battlegrounds for Coal Fight," Greenwire, October 14, 2009.
- Campuses Beyond Coal Campaign, Sierra Club, September 2009.
- "DOE Announces Winners of Annual University Coal Research Grants," July 7, 2005.
- American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment
