Western Kentucky University Heating Plant
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The Western Kentucky University Heating Plant in Bowling Green, KY, has two coal-fired indirect heat exchangers, permitted to use up to 10,000 tons of coal a year.[1] The plant was constructed in 1927, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 18, 1979.[2]
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References
- ↑ "Final Permit" Commonwealth of Kentucky Environmental Protection Division for Air Quality, July 3, 2008
- ↑ "Kentucky-Warren County", District Energy Library, National Register of Historic Places, accessed December 2009.
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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
