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MIT is set to upgrade its cogeneration plant, improving campus resiliency

By District Energy posted 08-09-2017 11:55

  

Kristin Lund, MIT Facilities 
August 8, 2017

Summary

After months of preparation, MIT is planning to break ground this month on an upgrade project that will revitalize its Central Utilities Plant (CUP), a distributed energy resource (DER) that powers the campus microgrid with thermal and electric energy. The CUP upgrade is essential to the Institute’s sustainability goals and will improve campus resiliency by creating an enhanced, more efficient, more flexible power system. This in turn supports efforts in Massachusetts and neighboring states to build overall resiliency across the Northeast.

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