Clemson University Plant

Clemson University in South Carolina has a central plant facility to supply steam and chilled water for heating and cooling. In the late 1990s, the University Facilities group decided to upgrade the decades-old central plant, removing three of the four existing coal-fired boilers and adding a natural gas boiler.

After a year-long effort by students, Clemson President Jim Barker announced in Feb. 2011 that the university will be investing in several upgrades, including ending the use of coal on campus. The campaign, spearheaded by Students for Environmental Action at Clemson, is part of an effort to reduce the university’s overall carbon emissions to zero by 2030.

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