Project Profiles

Clean energy already accounts for 10 percent of our nation's energy, and has the potential for much more. Here is a sampling of the nearly 4,000 systems across the U.S. These Project Profiles were put together by the DOE's eight regional Clean Energy Application Centers.

Project Profiles from the Midwest Region

Project Profiles by Market Sector (all regions)

Animal and Dairy Farms

  • Barham Farms (PDF 194 KB), Zebulon, North Carolina
  • Clover Hill Dairy (PDF 279 KB), Campbellsport, Wisconsin
  • Holsum Dairy, Irish Road (PDF 341 KB), Hilbert, Wisconsin
  • Holsum Elm Dairy (PDF 200 KB), Hilbert, Wisconsin
  • Hunter Haven Farms, Inc. (PDF 235 KB), Pearl City, Illinois
  • Joseph Gallo Farms Dairy (PDF 491 KB), Atwater, California
  • Norswiss Farms (PDF 238 KB), Rice Lake, Wisconsin
  • Patterson Farms (PDF 416 KB), Auburn, New York
  • Smithfield Foods (PDF 152 KB), Kenansville, North Carolina
  • Vander Haak Dairy Digester (PDF 71 KB), Lynden, Washington

Breweries

  • Miller Coors (PDF 222 KB), Golden, Colorado
  • New Belgium Brewery (PDF 221 KB), Fort Collins, Colorado
  • Sierra Nevada Brewery (PDF 441 KB), Chico, California

Correctional Facilities

  • Alameda County Santa Rita Jail (PDF 557 KB), Dublin

Data Centers

  • Network Appliance Data Center (PDF 6.0 MB), Sunnyvale, California

District Energy Plants

  • Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration (PDF 256 KB), LaCrosse, Wisconsin
  • Franklin Heating Station (PDF 182 KB), Rochester, Minnesota
  • St. Paul Island (PDF 265 KB), St. Paul Island, Alaska

Ethanol Plants

  • Adkins Energy (PDF 238 KB), Lena, Illinois
  • East Kansas Agri-Energy LLC (PDF 392 KB), Garnett, Kansas
  • Northeast Missouri Grain & City of Macon (PDF 219 KB), Macon, Missouri
  • U.S. Energy Partners & City of Russell (PDF 229 KB), Russell, Kansas

Health Clubs

Healthcare Facilities

  • Advocate South Suburban Hospital (PDF 172 KB), Hazel Crest, Illinois
  • Beloit Memorial Hospital (PDF 197 KB), Beloit, Wisconsin
  • Elkhart General Hospital (PDF 1.3 MB), Elkhart, Indiana
  • Gundersen Health System (PDF 180 KB), Onalaska, Wisconsin
  • Jesse Brown VA Medical Center (PDF 171 KB), Chicago, Illinois
  • Lake Forest Hospital (PDF 415 KB), Lake Forest, Illinois
  • Little Company of Mary Hospital (PDF 207 KB), Evergreen Park, Illinois
  • Northwest Community Hospital (PDF 257 KB), Arlington Heights, Illinois
  • Notre Dame Long Term Care & Assisted Living Centers (PDF 296 KB), Worcester, Massachusetts
  • Presbyterian Homes (PDF 328 KB), Evanston, Illinois
  • Resurrection Medical Center (PDF 250 KB), Chicago, Illinois
  • Saint Francis Hospital (PDF 256 KB), Evanston, Illinois
  • Saint Marys Hospital (PDF 202 KB), Rochester, Minnesota
  • Saint Mary's Hospital Medical Center (PDF 246 KB), Madison, Wisconsin
  • Shands Hospital (PDF 236 KB), Gainesville, Florida
  • South Oaks Hospital (PDF 168 KB), Amityville, New York
  • Spectrum Health, Butterworth Campus (PDF 408 KB), Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Valley Medical Center (PDF 229 KB), Renton, Washington

High Schools

  • Antioch Community High School (PDF 267 KB), Antioch, Illinois
  • Evanston Township High School (PDF 732 KB), Evanston, Illinois
  • Maine South High School (PDF 410 KB), Park Ridge, Illinois

Hotels

  • Las Vegas Nevada Hotel Casino (PDF 528 KB), Las Vegas, Nevada
  • The Ritz-Carlton in San Francisco (PDF 503 KB), San Francisco, California

Laboratories

  • Johnson & Johnson (PDF 536 KB), La Jolla, California
  • National Animal Disease Center (PDF 310 KB), Ames, Iowa

Manufacturing Facilities

  • Baytown Industrial Park (PDF 164 KB), Baytown, Texas
  • BMW Manufacturing (PDF 236 KB), Spartanburg, South Carolina
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb (PDF 145 KB), Wallingford, Connecticut
  • Broshco Fabricating Products (PDF 215 KB), Mansfield, Ohio
  • Corn Products International (PDF 179 KB), Winston Salem, North Carolina
  • Cox Interior (PDF 259 KB), Campbellsville, Kentucky
  • Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (PDF 281 KB), Waterbury, Vermont
  • Harbec Plastics (PDF 241 KB), Ontario, New York
  • Lafarge Gypsum (PDF 211 KB), Silver Grove, Kentucky
  • Lorin Industries (PDF 275 KB), Muskegon, Michigan
  • Manchester Tank (PDF 296 KB), Elkhart, Indiana
  • Utilimaster Corporation (PDF 269 KB), Wakarusa, Indiana
  • Vestil Manufacturing Company (PDF 210 KB), Angola, Indiana

Military Facilities

  • Fort Bragg (PDF 289 KB), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
  • Naval Station Great Lakes (PDF 246 KB), Great Lakes, Illinois

Museums

  • Museum of Science and Industry (PDF 332 KB), Chicago, Illinois

National Parks

  • Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park (PDF 134 KB), Seward, Alaska

Natural Gas Pipelines

  • Trailblazer Pipeline (PDF 272 KB), Peetz, Colorado

Office Buildings and Skyscrapers

  • East Bay Municipal Utility District (PDF 535 KB), Oakland, California
  • Laclede Gas Building (PDF 426 KB), Saint Louis, Missouri
  • One Market Plaza (PDF 506 KB), San Francisco, California
  • Transamerica Pyramid Building (PDF 522 KB), San Francisco, California

Pulp and Paper Facilities

Refineries

  • Tesoro Petroleum (PDF 173 KB), Salt Lake City, Utah

Supermarkets

  • Waldbaum's Supermarket (PDF 257 KB), Hauppauge, New York

Universities and Colleges

  • Bucknell University (PDF 276 KB), Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
  • Central Connecticut State University (PDF 262 KB), New Britain, Connecticut
  • Colby College (PDF 281 KB), Waterville, Maine
  • Eastern Michigan University (PDF 1.2 MB), Ypsilante, Michigan
  • Elgin Community College (PDF 149 KB), Elgin, Illinois
  • Lewis and Clark College (PDF 281 KB), Portland, Oregon
  • Temple University (PDF 530 KB), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • UNC Chapel Hill (PDF 305 KB), Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  • University of Arizona (PDF 329 KB), Tucson, Arizona
  • University of California - Berkeley (PDF 1.3 MB), Berkeley, California
  • University of California - San Diego (PDF 1.5 MB), San Diego, California
  • University of Illinois at Chicago, East Campus (PDF 263 KB), Chicago, Illinois
  • University of Illinois at Chicago, West Campus (PDF 237 KB), Chicago, Illinois
  • University of Iowa (PDF 226 KB), Iowa City, Iowa
  • University of Michigan (PDF 677 KB), Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • University of Montana (PDF 245 KB), Missoula, Montana
  • Utah State University (PDF 153 KB), Logan, Utah
  • Williams College (PDF 197 KB), Williamstown, Massachusetts

Utilities

  • Alaska Village Electric Cooperative (PDF 162 KB), Anvik, Alaska
  • Alaska Village Electric Cooperative (PDF 205 KB), Grayling, Alaska
  • Columbia Energy Center (PDF 237 KB), Gaston, South Carolina
  • Dakota Station (PDF 250 KB), Burnsville, Minnesota
  • Golovin City (PDF 149 KB), Golovin, Alaska
  • Inside Passage Electric Cooperative (PDF 253 KB), Angoon, Alaska
  • Kokhanok City (PDF 162 KB), Kokhanok, Alaska
  • Village Council (PDF 153 KB), Kongiganak City, Alaska
  • Village Council (PDF 153 KB), Kwigillingok City, Alaska
  • Village Council (PDF 163 KB), Stevens Village, Alaska

Waste and Wastewater Treatment Facilities

  • Albert Lea Wastewater Treatment Facility (PDF 175 KB), Albert Lea, Minnesota
  • Baltimore Refuse Energy Co. (PDF 269 KB), Baltimore, Maryland
  • Chiquita Water Reclamation Plant (PDF 512 KB), Santa Margarita, California
  • Columbia Boulevard Wastewater Treatment Plant (PDF 532 KB), Portland, Oregon
  • Enoree Landfill (PDF 257 KB), Greer, South Carolina
  • Essex Junction Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF) (PDF 191 KB), Essex Junction, Vermont
  • Ina Road Water Pollution Control Facility (PDF 248 KB), Tucson, Arizona
  • Janesville Wastewater Treatment Facility (PDF 237 KB), Janesville, Wisconsin
  • King County South Treatment Plant (PDF 200 KB), Renton, Washington
  • Metro Wastewater Reclamation District (PDF 284 KB), Denver, Colorado
  • Onyx Seven Mile Creek Landfill (PDF 277 KB), Eau Claire, Wisconsin
  • Rochester Wastewater Reclamation Plant (PDF 311 KB), Rochester, Minnesota
  • Winnebago County Sheriff's Office (PDF 201 KB), Oshkash, Wisconsin

Wineries

  • Vineyard 29 (PDF 495 KB), St. Helena, California

Database of All Known CHP Installations

National Project Profile Search

Recycled energy already accounts for nearly 10 percent of our nation's energy - numbering over 4,000 local, clean, and efficient systems and counting - and we have the potential for far more. The DOE's eight regional Clean Energy Application Centers have put together Project Profiles on over 100 individual recycled energy systems across the country, illustrating the diversity, benefits, operating conditions, equipment configurations, and lessons learned from these sites. Use the search tool below to find Project Profiles that match your own site's characteristics.

This database is courtesy of:

U.S. Department of Energy