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Re:Goldman Sachs invests $250M in compressed air energy storage by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @12:34PM (#29910055)
The University of Iowa campus has a steam system under the campus, installed in the last century. Nowadays the steam is recovered waste from the electric plant. But it's still in use!
Re:Goldman Sachs invests $250M in compressed air energy storage by bumby on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @01:30PM (#29910929)
If you want to find good candidates for saving the campus tons of money, go to the roof of one of the tallest buildings on a cold day and look for the buildings that are venting lots of steam. They likely have a failed steam trap somewhere in the building. It's not uncommon for failed steam traps to save thousands of dollars a year apiece when fixed.
Re:Goldman Sachs invests $250M in compressed air energy storage by duxup on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @09:17PM (#29916002)
University of Minnesota too, not long ago replaced their old boilers and main steam plant.