Yates Electric connects on UNH EcoLine heating plant electrical installation project

UNH Co-Generation facility - Durham, NH

Durham, NH In another project that has positive impact on the environment and energy usage, Yates Electric Service has completed installations for medium and high voltage systems at the University of New Hampshire's Co-Generation facility for the campus' supplemental generator. The project, integral to the UNH Eco-Line Power Partnership, was a joint venture between EMCOR Energy Services, based in Connecticut, and the University of New Hampshire. The generator serves portions of the electrical load for various buildings on the Durham campus.

According to the University's website, "UNH generates and distributes its own power and heat from its combined heat and power plant, which uses processed landfill gas as its primary fuel source through a 12 mile pipeline known as EcoLine. The use of this fuel and the efficient manner in which waste heat is reused from the production of electricity illustrates the University's commitment to reducing our impact on greenhouse gas emissions while reducing our energy use and stabilizing utility costs to the campus."