CenTrio, formerly known as the Seattle Steam Company, is a district heating public utility that provides steam (generated by burning natural gas, diesel oil, and recycled wood) to over 175 businesses in downtown Seattle and on First and Capitol Hills via 18 miles of steam pipeline.[1] Its plants are located on Western Avenue at Union Street, just west of Pike Place Market, and on Post Avenue at Yesler Way, in Pioneer Square.
- ^ Bill Virgin (March 31, 2006). "Seattle Steam switching from gas to wood fuel". Seattle P-I. Retrieved 2007-11-30.