Stanford’s energy usage improvements

Jul 5, 2022
Jul 5, 2022 Updated Apr 13, 2025
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Editor,

Dirk van Ulden’s letter “The Achilles’ heel of electric supplies” on Wednesday June 29 could have included more background information.

(3) comments

Dirk van Ulden Jul 5, 2022 7:44am

Robert - starting with my tenure at the UC system, all UC campuses have embraced new technologies, energy efficiency measures and a zero-net carbon goal by a certain date. UC has spent close to $1B in energy efficiency measures all paid for through revenue bonds and is actively pursuing biogas supplies to fuel its cogeneration plants. My point is that all of those efforts, especially those at Stanford, have not led to improved reliability, hence the prolonged campus blackout. Of course, a shutdown is another way to clock reduced energy use.

Terence Y Jul 5, 2022 8:26am

Now, Mr. Whitehair, have Stanford’s greenhouse gas emissions really been reduced by 68%? Or have these emissions been transferred to the greenhouse gas emitting power plants supplying Stanford’s electricity outside of solar? Congrats to Stanford for virtue signaling, but until electricity grows on trees… Wait, electricity can be generated from burning trees… Refit cogeneration for biomass?

edkahl Jul 9, 2022 12:10pm

If only we had a little of Stanford's $29 bil endowment fund we could do the same.

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