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Union County Resource Recovery

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

Quick Stats

Capacity
45 Megawatts
Annual Net Generation
294,400 MWh (Megawatt Hours)

Context: That's equivalent to the annual power demand of 26,764 American homes (11 MWh each, source: EIA (opens in a new tab))

Annual CO2 equivalent emissions
298,275 metric tons CO2 equivalent

Context: That's equivalent to the annual emissions of about 64,842 American cars (4.6 metric tons each, source: EPA (opens in a new tab))

Detailed Emissions

Annual CO2 emissions
286,493.507 metrics tons CO2
Annual SO2 (Sulfer Dioxide) emissions
459.536 tons
Annual NOx (Nitrogen Oxide) emissions
1,351.574 tons
Annual N2O (Nitrous Oxide) emissions
48,241.379 lbs
Annual CH4 (Methane) emissions
367,553.361 lbs