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Associated Press - August 4, 2009 5:05 AM ET
KEENE, N.H. (AP) - A new heating and electricity plant at New Hampshire's Keene State College is expected to reduce energy costs by more than $120,000 a year, as well as greenhouse gases.
Two new steam boilers have high-efficiency burners that increase steam output with almost no waste. A control system regulates the boilers for maximum output, and they use less water. In addition to providing heat, the steam turns a turbine that will generate up to 12% of the campus's electricity.
The $9.5 million project began in April 2008, when contractors razed the 79-foot brick chimney of the old plant. The bricks were then recycled into road base. Construction was completed this spring.
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