Western Kentucky University Heating Plant

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. The plant was constructed in 1927, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 18, 1979.

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