50 yearsâ¦looking back and forward
Big Ten and Friends Utility Conference – 2015 50 years…looking back and forward Big Ten and Friends Utility Conference – 2015 East Lansing MSU East Lansing campus South campus Main campus N Big Ten and Friends Utility Conference – 2015 MSU main campus Simon Plant Service Area Electric Service Area: 20 M sq ft Steam Service Area: 17 M sq ft Chilled Water Service Area: 11 M sq ft Big Ten and Friends Utility Conference – 2015 District heating for safety: 1890 Big Ten and Friends Utility Conference – 2015 Central plant comes to campus Boiler House: 1894 Second Boiler House: 1904 Power Plant 3: 1934 Big Ten and Friends Utility Conference – 2015 Co-generation is expanded: 1958 Shaw Lane Plant Big Ten and Friends Utility Conference – 2015 Reliability T.B. Simon Power Plant is an independent power island: 1965 Big Ten and Friends Utility Conference – 2015 System Efficiency Steam and electric demands are out of balance and it’s getting worse. Cogeneration is losing it’s balance. Big Ten and Friends Utility Conference – 2015 FRIB electric demand projection How much will main campus grow? Big Ten and Friends Utility Conference – 2015 Condition Assessment Remaining life assessment…cost of maintenance and repairs Big Ten and Friends Utility Conference – 2015 Integrating renewables Does the T.B. Simon Power Plant have the ability to farm energy from the wind and the sun? Big Ten and Friends Utility Conference – 2015 Utility Plant Master Plan: 2016 Condition assessment Integrating renewables System efficiency Demand projections Reliability Big Ten and Friends Utility Conference – 2015 Questions?
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