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Covanta Essex Company

biomass Power Plant
Essex County, New Jersey
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Power Plant Data Source: EPA, Jan 2021

Quick Stats

Capacity
69.8 Megawatts
Annual Net Generation
497,162 MWh (Megawatt Hours)

Context: That's equivalent to the annual power demand of 45,197 American homes (11 MWh each, source: EIA (opens in a new tab))

Annual CO2 equivalent emissions
564,201 metric tons CO2 equivalent

Context: That's equivalent to the annual emissions of about 122,652 American cars (4.6 metric tons each, source: EPA (opens in a new tab))

Detailed Emissions

Annual CO2 emissions
541,914.530 metrics tons CO2
Annual SO2 (Sulfer Dioxide) emissions
127.299 tons
Annual NOx (Nitrogen Oxide) emissions
740.771 tons
Annual N2O (Nitrous Oxide) emissions
91,251.424 lbs
Annual CH4 (Methane) emissions
695,248.946 lbs