<p>This efficient co-generation plant supplies the university with electricity, chilled water for cooling and steam for heating. It is also home to a <a href="https://green.nd.edu/news/notre-dame-s-first-wind-turbine/">vertical wind turbine</a>, the university's first foray into wind energy. Natural-gas-fired combustion turbines with heat-recovery steam generators replaced the need for the University to burn coal. These units operate in a combined cycle with other existing systems to produce both electricity and steam. This energy production is twice as efficient as a traditional electrical plant.</p><ul class="links"> <li><a href="https://facilities.nd.edu/">Facilities Design and Operations</a></li> </ul>