Although Virginia Tech’s coal-powered power plant satisfies only 7 percent of the university’s energy needs, it continues to be a point of contention as groups attempt to pressure the university ...

Just after sunrise on a cool April morning, the coal yard at the Virginia Tech Power Plant reverberates with the clang of machinery and hum of the boilers. The “John ...

Vapor rises from the Virginia Tech Power Plant during a cold spell in January 2014. The Roanoke Times, File 2014 On Southgate Drive, a Tech facilities truck spreads brine, a byproduct of the ...

Virginia Tech is making its power plant cleaner for the environment. The work began in Summer 2015 when the university installed a four mile-long, 8 inch in diameter pipeline across campus.

More than 5,000 power outages were reported in the Blacksburg area Tuesday night after an incident involving a transformer near Virginia Tech’s power plant.