Word: matep
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Conceived during the oil crisis of the 1970s, construction of MATEP was proposed in 1977. Administration officials had hoped that, in the event of an energy crisis, a plant of Harvard's own would help the University hold down fuel costs. The plant did not become fully operational until...
Harvard had not planned to own the plant in the long run, but cost excesses forced the University to hold on to MATEP, according to Thomas E. Vautin, Harvard's associate vice president for facilities and environmental services...
...same time, Boston resident raised safety concerns about MATEP. Harvard was forced to redesign the plant multiple times during the late 1970s, adding millions to construction costs...
...plant is now considered one of the most environmentally sound power plants in New England. The plant uses energy wasted from one conversion process to produce another form of energy. This was a critical part of the design for MATEP that made it energy efficient...
...overall efficiency of MATEP is at least double that of a conventional power plant," said Vautin...