awarded to Yale power plant
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a 2004 Combined Heat and Power Certificate of Recognition to Yale for the Direct FuelCell® (DFC) power plant at the Class of 1954 Environmental Sciences Center on Sachem St.
The certificate is one of the ENERGYSTAR® awards presented by the EPA and the U.S. Department of Energy to leaders who improve the nation's electric generation efficiency through development of highly efficient combined heat and power projects. The awards recognize projects that use at least 5% less fuel than state-of-the-art separate power-and-heat generation -- both saving money and reducing greenhouse gases (i.e., carbon dioxide) and other air pollutants.
DFCs work like large, continuously operating batteries except they utilize a fuel to generate electricity, such as natural gas or digester gas from wastewater treatment facilities. This high-efficiency technology generates more electric power from less fuel and with less carbon dioxide emissions than traditional combustion methods.
Manufactured by FuelCell Energy Inc., Yale's DFC provides 250 kilowatts of electricity as well as heat for controlled humidity in the Environmental Science Center. The power plant supplies about one-half of the electric power for the building, which is the archival storage facility for the Peabody Museum of Natural History. The heat is used to maintain the controlled humidity environment for the museum's collection of artifacts.
"Using the ultra-clean fuel-cell power to operate the Environmental Sciences Center supports the university's goal of having a low environmental footprint for this strategic building and others to come at Yale," says Marian Chertow, assistant professor at the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and director of the Industrial & Environmental Management Program.
Yale's plant was purchased by the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund for use in the state and began operating in fall 2003.
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