University of North Dakota Steam Plant

Built in 1909, the University of North Dakota Steam Generating Plant consumes 7 boxcars (20 semi loads) of coal per day, feeding pressurized steam into a 13-mile network of pipes. The plant is located at 251 Centennial Drive, across from the Carnegie Building in Grand Forks, ND.

According to a University of North Dakota Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report for 1993-2007, the University's steam plant is the largest consumer of energy and greatest source of greenhouse gas emissions on the campus. The steam plant is responsible for approximately 98 percent of on-campus stationary source emissions.

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