Union College

The project snapshot page provides a quick overview of the performance of the DER project. Hover over individual key performance indicators to see a definition.

Performance Snapshot

Sep 2016 to Aug 2023

GWh

electricity generated

Capacity
Factor

1,200

MMcf

generator fuel consumed

Electric
Efficiency

503

BBtu

heat used

Thermal
Efficiency

MMcf

HRSG fuel consumed

CHP
Efficiency

The project monthly summary table provides measured data and key performance indicators for the DER project.

To view data for another date range, select your desired months and press “Go”.

To download data from the monthly summary table in CSV format, press the download button to the top right of the table.

Automated data filtering can be enabled or disabled via the control. Filtered data automatically checks to determine if the energy streams measured are consistent with each other (e.g. fuel consumption or heat recovery are reported only when a DER is reporting generated power). Disabling this control shows all data available.

Summary Table

Sep 2016 to Aug 2023

	Electricity Generated (MWh)	Total Fuel Consumed (Mcf)	Total Heat Used (MMBtu)	Heat Rejected (MMBtu)	Capacity Factor (%)	Electric Efficiency (% HHV)	Thermal Efficiency (% HHV)	CHP Efficiency (% HHV)
Total	79,306	1,264,932	503,371	0	71.7	21.8	38.6	59.3
Sep 2016	984	15,202	45	0	75.7	21.4	0.3	21.7
Oct 2016	1,031	16,562	4,983	0	76.8	21.4	29.2	49.7
Nov 2016	966	15,829	6,797	0	74.4	20.9	41.6	61.8
Dec 2016	841	14,846	5,959	0	62.6	20.1	38.9	57.6
Jan 2017	1,106	18,108	8,318	0	82.4	21.8	44.5	64.7
Feb 2017	1,050	17,250	7,560	0	86.6	21.8	42.5	62.6
Mar 2017	1,192	19,711	8,759	0	88.8	21.8	43.1	63.1
Apr 2017	1,031	16,800	5,936	0	79.4	20.8	34.2	54.5
May 2017	1,128	18,736	8,175	0	84.0	21.3	42.3	62.2
Jun 2017	1,032	16,430	6,477	0	79.5	21.0	38.2	59.0
Jul 2017	1,094	17,098	6,961	0	81.5	21.2	39.5	60.6
Aug 2017	1,137	17,670	7,265	0	84.7	21.3	39.8	61.1
Sep 2017	1,101	17,173	7,024	0	84.8	21.2	39.6	60.8
Oct 2017	1,105	17,481	6,759	0	82.3	20.9	37.5	58.4
Nov 2017	1,071	17,562	7,215	0	82.4	20.9	39.8	60.0
Dec 2017	1,040	20,230	10,336	0	77.5	20.3	49.5	66.5
Jan 2018	1,224	22,017	10,962	0	91.2	21.8	48.2	66.6
Feb 2018	1,081	17,806	7,659	0	89.2	21.6	41.7	61.8
Mar 2018	1,090	18,371	8,119	0	81.2	20.8	42.8	62.5
Apr 2018	783	13,101	4,585	0	60.3	20.3	33.9	53.7
May 2018	1,081	17,089	6,650	0	80.6	21.1	37.7	58.6
Jun 2018	1,068	16,756	6,377	0	82.2	21.1	36.9	58.0
Jul 2018	1,137	17,708	7,362	0	84.7	21.2	40.3	61.5
Aug 2018	1,141	17,768	7,572	0	85.0	21.2	41.3	62.5
Sep 2018	1,118	17,344	7,278	0	86.1	21.3	40.7	62.0
Oct 2018	1,164	18,058	6,832	0	86.7	21.4	36.7	58.0
Nov 2018	1,123	18,483	8,210	0	86.4	21.4	43.0	63.1
Dec 2018	1,099	19,394	9,564	0	81.9	20.9	47.8	66.5
Jan 2019	1,259	22,672	12,203	0	93.8	22.1	52.2	70.5
Feb 2019	1,131	19,312	9,804	0	93.3	22.1	49.2	68.6
Mar 2019	1,117	18,544	8,217	0	83.2	21.4	42.9	62.9
Apr 2019	1,073	17,308	6,022	0	82.6	20.8	33.7	54.2
May 2019	1,108	17,659	6,167	0	82.6	20.8	33.8	54.6
Jun 2019	1,069	17,009	7,107	0	82.3	20.8	40.5	61.3
Jul 2019	1,016	16,376	7,044	0	75.7	20.5	41.7	62.2
Aug 2019	1,083	17,544	7,279	0	80.7	20.4	40.2	60.6
Sep 2019	1,080	17,433	6,460	0	83.2	20.5	35.9	56.4
Oct 2019	1,108	17,990	6,584	0	82.5	20.4	35.5	55.8
Nov 2019	1,082	18,878	8,963	0	83.3	20.8	46.0	65.0
Dec 2019	1,123	21,561	11,582	0	83.7	20.8	52.1	69.3
Jan 2020	1,205	21,207	10,161	0	89.7	21.0	46.4	65.2
Feb 2020	531	9,491	4,356	0	42.3	19.6	44.5	63.0
Mar 2020	848	14,959	6,658	0	63.2	19.4	43.1	61.9
Apr 2020	552	11,972	4,486	0	42.5	15.7	36.3	51.6
May 2020	830	15,179	5,651	0	61.9	18.2	36.1	54.2
Jun 2020	471	8,119	3,144	0	36.2	19.2	37.5	56.7
Jul 2020	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Aug 2020	195	3,107	1,314	0	14.5	20.7	41.0	61.7
Sep 2020	1,011	16,002	6,629	0	77.8	20.9	40.1	61.0
Oct 2020	1,001	16,085	6,247	0	74.6	20.7	37.6	58.2
Nov 2020	991	16,560	5,597	0	76.3	20.5	32.7	52.5
Dec 2020	815	16,461	8,042	0	60.7	19.3	47.3	63.7
Jan 2021	1,076	20,941	10,487	0	80.2	20.6	48.5	65.5
Feb 2021	1,105	20,181	9,994	0	91.2	21.5	48.0	66.1
Mar 2021	1,005	17,395	7,266	0	74.9	20.9	40.5	59.6
Apr 2021	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
May 2021	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jun 2021	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jul 2021	613	8,412	0	0	45.7	24.1	0.0	24.1
Aug 2021	1,018	13,909	0	0	75.9	24.2	0.0	24.2
Sep 2021	1,088	14,405	0	0	83.8	25.0	0.0	25.0
Oct 2021	984	13,117	0	0	73.3	24.8	0.0	24.8
Nov 2021	1,093	14,844	0	0	84.2	25.3	0.0	24.4
Dec 2021	1,058	16,273	0	0	78.8	24.3	0.0	21.5
Jan 2022	1,161	19,766	10,261	0	86.5	25.4	50.3	69.7
Feb 2022	371	6,723	7,011	0	30.6	25.3	101.0	119.3
Mar 2022	393	5,545	2,498	0	29.3	24.9	43.7	67.1
Apr 2022	1,043	14,194	5,432	0	80.3	24.4	37.1	61.4
May 2022	1,111	14,851	6,974	0	82.8	24.8	45.5	70.2
Jun 2022	1,051	14,222	7,207	0	80.9	24.4	49.1	73.5
Jul 2022	1,024	13,952	7,346	0	76.3	24.3	51.0	75.3
Aug 2022	1,115	15,008	8,010	0	83.1	24.6	51.7	76.3
Sep 2022	1,082	14,549	11	0	83.3	24.6	0.1	24.7
Oct 2022	1,111	14,997	6,003	0	82.8	24.5	38.8	63.3
Nov 2022	1,050	14,777	6,867	0	80.8	24.2	45.0	68.5
Dec 2022	1,012	16,239	11	0	75.4	23.8	0.1	20.7
Jan 2023	1,163	16,796	8,951	0	86.6	24.7	51.6	74.5
Feb 2023	1,060	14,794	7,914	0	87.4	24.6	51.8	75.5
Mar 2023	1,105	15,467	7,640	0	82.3	24.2	47.9	71.5
Apr 2023	984	13,925	5,731	0	75.8	23.5	39.9	63.2
May 2023	954	13,208	6,049	0	71.1	23.9	44.4	68.3
Jun 2023	1,029	14,070	7,047	0	79.2	24.2	48.5	72.7
Jul 2023	712	9,877	5,125	0	53.1	23.9	50.3	74.1
Aug 2023	19	481	80	0	1.5	13.4	16.1	29.4

Production data is not in real time and may be delayed as data is periodically reported and uploaded to this website.

The HRSG monthly summary table provides measured data and key performance indicators for the heat recovery steam generator (HRSG).

To view data for another date range, select your desired months and press “Go”.

To download data from the monthly summary table in CSV format, press the download button to the top right of the table.

HRSG Summary Table

Sep 2016 to Aug 2023

	Steam Heat Used (MMBtu)	Hot Water Heat Used (MMBtu)	Total Heat Used (MMBtu)	Generator Fuel Consumed (Mcf)	HRSG Fuel Consumed (Mcf)	Total Fuel Consumed (Mcf)	Thermal Efficiency (% HHV)
Total	503,371	0	503,371	1,200,492	64,441	1,264,932	38.6
Sep 2016	45	0	45	15,192	10	15,202	0.3
Oct 2016	4,983	0	4,983	15,910	652	16,562	29.2
Nov 2016	6,797	0	6,797	15,324	505	15,829	41.6
Dec 2016	5,959	0	5,959	13,812	1,034	14,846	38.9
Jan 2017	8,318	0	8,318	16,747	1,361	18,108	44.5
Feb 2017	7,560	0	7,560	15,931	1,319	17,250	42.5
Mar 2017	8,759	0	8,759	18,093	1,619	19,711	43.1
Apr 2017	5,936	0	5,936	16,373	426	16,800	34.2
May 2017	8,175	0	8,175	17,470	1,265	18,736	42.3
Jun 2017	6,477	0	6,477	16,253	177	16,430	38.2
Jul 2017	6,961	0	6,961	17,083	14	17,098	39.5
Aug 2017	7,265	0	7,265	17,656	14	17,670	39.8
Sep 2017	7,024	0	7,024	17,156	17	17,173	39.6
Oct 2017	6,759	0	6,759	17,464	17	17,481	37.5
Nov 2017	7,215	0	7,215	16,915	647	17,562	39.8
Dec 2017	10,336	0	10,336	16,913	3,318	20,230	49.5
Jan 2018	10,962	0	10,962	18,601	3,416	22,017	48.2
Feb 2018	7,659	0	7,659	16,549	1,258	17,806	41.7
Mar 2018	8,119	0	8,119	17,325	1,046	18,371	42.8
Apr 2018	4,585	0	4,585	12,757	343	13,101	33.9
May 2018	6,650	0	6,650	16,987	103	17,089	37.7
Jun 2018	6,377	0	6,377	16,747	9	16,756	36.9
Jul 2018	7,362	0	7,362	17,699	9	17,708	40.3
Aug 2018	7,572	0	7,572	17,758	9	17,768	41.3
Sep 2018	7,278	0	7,278	17,337	8	17,344	40.7
Oct 2018	6,832	0	6,832	18,024	34	18,058	36.7
Nov 2018	8,210	0	8,210	17,384	1,100	18,483	43.0
Dec 2018	9,564	0	9,564	17,415	1,980	19,394	47.8
Jan 2019	12,203	0	12,203	18,870	3,802	22,672	52.2
Feb 2019	9,804	0	9,804	16,962	2,350	19,312	49.2
Mar 2019	8,217	0	8,217	17,224	1,321	18,544	42.9
Apr 2019	6,022	0	6,022	17,081	227	17,308	33.7
May 2019	6,167	0	6,167	17,650	9	17,659	33.8
Jun 2019	7,107	0	7,107	17,001	7	17,009	40.5
Jul 2019	7,044	0	7,044	16,369	7	16,376	41.7
Aug 2019	7,279	0	7,279	17,536	7	17,544	40.2
Sep 2019	6,460	0	6,460	17,422	10	17,433	35.9
Oct 2019	6,584	0	6,584	17,980	10	17,990	35.5
Nov 2019	8,963	0	8,963	17,188	1,690	18,878	46.0
Dec 2019	11,582	0	11,582	17,880	3,681	21,561	52.1
Jan 2020	10,161	0	10,161	18,931	2,276	21,207	46.4
Feb 2020	4,356	0	4,356	8,943	548	9,491	44.5
Mar 2020	6,658	0	6,658	14,487	472	14,959	43.1
Apr 2020	4,486	0	4,486	11,631	341	11,972	36.3
May 2020	5,651	0	5,651	15,067	112	15,179	36.1
Jun 2020	3,144	0	3,144	8,114	5	8,119	37.5
Jul 2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Aug 2020	1,314	0	1,314	3,106	1	3,107	41.0
Sep 2020	6,629	0	6,629	15,995	7	16,002	40.1
Oct 2020	6,247	0	6,247	16,025	60	16,085	37.6
Nov 2020	5,597	0	5,597	16,009	551	16,560	32.7
Dec 2020	8,042	0	8,042	13,931	2,530	16,461	47.3
Jan 2021	10,487	0	10,487	17,274	3,667	20,941	48.5
Feb 2021	9,994	0	9,994	16,978	3,203	20,181	48.0
Mar 2021	7,266	0	7,266	15,885	1,510	17,395	40.5
Apr 2021	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
May 2021	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Jun 2021	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.0
Jul 2021	0	0	0	8,405	8	8,412	0.0
Aug 2021	0	0	0	13,901	7	13,909	0.0
Sep 2021	0	0	0	14,398	7	14,405	0.0
Oct 2021	0	0	0	13,110	7	13,117	0.0
Nov 2021	0	0	0	14,312	532	14,844	0.0
Dec 2021	0	0	0	14,371	1,902	16,273	0.0
Jan 2022	10,261	0	10,261	15,127	4,639	19,766	50.3
Feb 2022	7,011	0	7,011	4,838	1,885	6,723	101.0
Mar 2022	2,498	0	2,498	5,234	310	5,545	43.7
Apr 2022	5,432	0	5,432	14,118	76	14,194	37.1
May 2022	6,974	0	6,974	14,835	16	14,851	45.5
Jun 2022	7,207	0	7,207	14,215	7	14,222	49.1
Jul 2022	7,346	0	7,346	13,942	10	13,952	51.0
Aug 2022	8,010	0	8,010	14,998	10	15,008	51.7
Sep 2022	11	0	11	14,539	10	14,549	0.1
Oct 2022	6,003	0	6,003	14,981	16	14,997	38.8
Nov 2022	6,867	0	6,867	14,346	431	14,777	45.0
Dec 2022	11	0	11	14,043	2,196	16,239	0.1
Jan 2023	8,951	0	8,951	15,542	1,253	16,796	51.6
Feb 2023	7,914	0	7,914	14,246	547	14,794	51.8
Mar 2023	7,640	0	7,640	15,130	338	15,467	47.9
Apr 2023	5,731	0	5,731	13,839	86	13,925	39.9
May 2023	6,049	0	6,049	13,201	7	13,208	44.4
Jun 2023	7,047	0	7,047	14,062	7	14,070	48.5
Jul 2023	5,125	0	5,125	9,870	7	9,877	50.3
Aug 2023	80	0	80	474	7	481	16.1

Production data is not in real time and may be delayed as data is periodically reported and uploaded to this website.

The monthly summary plot shows monthly sums of measured data and monthly averages of key performance indicators.

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Data Displayed

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The time series plot shows averages of measured data and key performance indicators. The plot can be switched between the daily and hourly time steps, to adjust the level of averaging displayed.

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Data Displayed

Times are shown in Eastern Time (ET) and are adjusted to reflect Daylight Saving Time (DST).

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The ambient temperature plot shows averages of measured data and key performance indicators versus ambient temperature.

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Data Displayed

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The project performance benchmark page shows how the DER project performs compared to similar-sized projects using the same technology in the same facility category. The key performance index used for benchmarking can be changed by selecting the desired rating from the table headings at the bottom of the page. Clicking on each result in the distribution will bring up the name and link to other related facilities.

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Note that benchmarking only occurs on data with automated data filtering on, to ensure consistent ranking results.

	CHP Efficiency	Thermal Efficiency	Electric Efficiency	Capacity Factor	Electric Generation
Union College	59.3 %	38.6 %	21.8 %	71.7 %	79,306 MWh
Top Peer	65.2 %	28.6 %	36.6 %	44.3 %	42,427 MWh
Average Peer	51.8 %	25.8 %	26.3 %	40.9 %	40,922 MWh

Peer Criteria

The project monthly CHP performance rating plot shows overall CHP performance and highlights periods for potential performance improvement.

To view data for another date range, select your desired months and press “Go”.

To download data used to create the monthly CHP performance rating plot in CSV format, press the download button to the top right of the chart.

Note that rating only occurs on data with automated data filtering on, to ensure consistent ranking results.

The peak demand reduction shows the contribution of the CHP system to reducing the utility grid peak demand, and other calculations that were utilized in previous NYSERDA CHP performance programs. The peak demand reduction (kW_P) is defined as the average CHP output during the period spanning May 1 through October 31, Monday through Friday, 12:00 Noon to 6:00 PM. Federal holidays are excluded from this period.

The total generation (kWh_A) is defined as the total net CHP generation during the period evaluated.

The two CHP efficiencies (FCE_CHP) are program specific, and differ slightly from the conventional CHP efficiency.

The 2013 CHP systems manual defines FCE_CHP as the combined net electrical and useful heat recovery divided by the fuel input at 1,032 BTU/CF HHV, however the useful heat recovery is divided by a displaced boiler efficiency of 80%.

The 2010 CHP systems manual defines FCE_CHP as the combined net electrical and useful heat recovery divided by the fuel input at 928 BTU/CF LHV. No displaced boiler efficiency is assumed in the FCE_CHP calculation.

CHP Performance Program Metrics

Sep 2016 to Aug 2023

Peak Demand Reduction (kW_P)

1,443

Total Generation (kWh_A)

79,305,647

kWh

Heat Recovered

503,371

MMBtu

Gas Consumed

1,264,932

Mcf

FCE_CHP

FCE_CHP 2013 =
[(WG × 3.413) + (QU / 0.8)] / [FG × 1.032]

68.9

% HHV

FCE_CHP

FCE_CHP 2006–2010 =
[(WG × 3.413) + QU] / [FG × 0.928]

65.9

% LHV

Use this page to download all measured performance data for a DER project in CSV format. Select your desired date range and time step, then press the “Download” button to save the data file to your computer.

Download Data

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Production data is not in real time and may be delayed as data is periodically reported and uploaded to this website.