| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 72.61 |
| Liaison | Jack Byrne |
| Submission Date | May 1, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Middlebury College
OP-9: Clean and Renewable Energy
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
3.01 / 4.00 |
Jack
Byrne Director of Sustainability Integration Environmental Affair |
Total energy consumption (all sources, transportation fuels excluded), performance year:
Clean and renewable energy from the following sources::
| Performance Year | |
| Option 1: Clean and renewable electricity generated on-site during the performance year and for which the institution retains or has retired the associated environmental attributes | 12,221 MMBtu |
| Option 2: Non-electric renewable energy generated on-site | 231,905 MMBtu |
| Option 3: Clean and renewable electricity generated by off-site projects that the institution catalyzed and for which the institution retains or has retired the associated environmental attributes | 0 MMBtu |
| Option 4: Purchased third-party certified RECs and similar renewable energy products (including renewable electricity purchased through a certified green power purchasing option) | 108 MMBtu |
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
On-site renewable electricity generating devices include one 10 kW wind turbine, a total of 10kW of solar PV panels on two buildings, a 147 kW solar PV farm, and electricity co-generated from our biomass gasification facility which produces steam.
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
An on-site biomass gasification plant replaces over 1.3 million gallons of #6 fuel oil used to heat the campus.
A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
We have a 500 kW solar PV system and power purchase agreement with a local entity that began operating in February, 2014. We do not include yet any of the kWh's generated in this report since it is so recent.
A brief description of the RECs and/or similar renewable energy products:
We purchase "cow power" for two buildings on campus from Green Mountain Power, which is generated by manure digestion on local dairy farms and also purchase 550 tons of offsets for Middlebury's Snow Bowl ski area from wind turbine and methane digestion projects financed by Native Energy Inc of Vermont.
The website URL where information about the institution's renewable energy sources is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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