How does Northern Wood Power benefit the environment?
Northern Wood Power replaces coal with wood while still generating the same amount of power. This reduces the use of more than 130,000 tons of coal annually. PSNH’s new wood combustion technology is so efficient that it has reduced emissions by thousands of tons each year. Burning wood chips reduces oxides of nitrogen (NOx) by about 70 percent, mercury (Hg) by 90 percent, and sulfur dioxide (SO2) by 95 percent. Whole-tree wood chips and other biomass materials are considered “carbon neutral,” meaning no additional net carbon is released into the atmosphere from burning wood.
