University of Virginia Heating Plant

{{#badges: Climate change|CoalSwarm}} The University of Virginia Main Heating Plant consists of a total of five boilers of differing sizes to produce steam for heat and related university operations:

• Boiler 1: Union Iron Works Coal-Fired Boiler with a maximum rated heat input capacity of 50 MMBtu/hr
• Boiler 2: IBW Coal and Natural Gas-Fired Boiler with a maximum rated heat input capacity of 95 MMBtu/hr
• Boiler 3: Union Iron Works Coal-Fired Boiler with a maximum rated heat input capacity of 90 MMBtu/hr
• Boiler 4: Keeler Natural Gas and Residual Oil-Fired Boiler with a maximum rated heat input capacity of 112.5 MMBtu/hr
• Boiler 5: Keeler Coal and Natural Gas-Fired Boiler with a maximum rated heat input capacity of 112.5 MMBtu/hr

Resources

Related SourceWatch articles

• Campus coal plants
• Existing U.S. Coal Plants
• Opposition to existing coal plants
• Coal
• 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