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LSU has a natural gas/Steam turbine co-generation plant that does around 20 MW...

Mizzou’s boilers and steam turbines can do 66MW.

The nuclear reactor is for research and isotopes.

Texas has a combined cycle heat and power plant that provides 135-MW (62-MW peak).

The power complex provides 100 % of UT's electricity and heating, satisfying the cooling requirements for over 24 million square feet in more than 240 campus buildings, serving 79,000 faculty, students, and staff. The single largest electrical load on the main campus is the cooling system that can provide 60,600 tons (38,000 tons peak) of chilled water to the campus.

To recognize the obvious, UT is in the middle of 2+ MM people, while Columbia, MO is 100+ miles from any significant population center.

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Posted on 3/12/24 at 12:32 pm to Ptins944

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Texas has a combined cycle heat and power plant that provides 135-MW (62-MW peak).

The power complex provides 100 % of UT's electricity and heating, satisfying the cooling requirements for over 24 million square feet in more than 240 campus buildings, serving 79,000 faculty, students, and staff. The single largest electrical load on the main campus is the cooling system that can provide 60,600 tons (38,000 tons peak) of chilled water to the campus.

Someone once pointed out of a classroom window and asked, "What's that over there?" I popped off with something like "That's where all the green energy is produced to power this place" and got some pretty nasty looks. Probably didn't help that the room was full of senior administrators/staff.