# Cornell University Central Heat

NYISO asset profile · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/cornell-university-central-heat

Cornell University - Tompkins County - NYISO

Cornell University Central Heat is Cornell's combined heat and power facility in Ithaca, New York (EIA plant ID 50368). It is a natural-gas-fired combined-cycle cogeneration plant that produces electricity and steam for the university's campus district-energy system. The facility comprises two 15 MW Solar Turbines Titan 130 dual-fuel gas-turbine generator sets with heat-recovery steam generators, installed during a 2009 modernization, alongside earlier steam-turbine and standby diesel-generator units. The facility operates at approximately 80 percent efficiency and supplies roughly 80 percent of the campus's electrical power.

## Metrics

- **Nameplate capacity:** 35.7 MW — Canonical EIA plant baseline.
- **Registry anchor:** Plant 50368 — plant-50368

## Facts

- **Technology:** Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- **Operator:** Cornell University

## Related parties

- **Owner / operator:** Cornell University — Owner and operator ([source](https://www.cornell.edu/))
- **Operator:** Cornell University Facilities and Campus Services — Operator / campus utility ([source](https://fcs.cornell.edu/departments/energy-sustainability))
- **Construction contractor:** Frank Lill & Son, Inc. — Major mechanical contractor ([source](https://www.franklillandson.com/app-projects/cornell-university-1))
- **Equipment supplier:** Solar Turbines Incorporated — Gas-turbine equipment supplier ([source](https://www.solarturbines.com/en_US/products/power-generation-packages/titan-130.html))
- **Equipment supplier:** Rentech — Heat-recovery steam-generator supplier ([source](https://rentechboilers.com/hrsg-boilers))
- **Equipment supplier:** ABB — Generator equipment supplier ([source](https://www.abb.com/))
- **Equipment supplier:** Dresser Rand — Steam-turbine equipment supplier

## Sources

- [s7d2.scene7.com](http://s7d2.scene7.com/is/content/Caterpillar/C10550265) — s7d2.scene7.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [fcs.cornell.edu](https://fcs.cornell.edu/departments/energy-sustainability/utilities/district-energy-combined-heat-power) — fcs.cornell.edu · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.
- [rentechboilers.com](https://rentechboilers.com/hrsg-boilers) — rentechboilers.com · public_source — Source retained for exact-record publication review.

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Canonical page: https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/cornell-university-central-heat
Website: [Cornell University](https://www.cornell.edu/)

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