There are enormous environmental benefits in switching from coal-fired power generation to wood. This was one of the primary reasons why PSNH proposed the Northern Wood Power Project at Schiller Station in Portsmouth.

Reduction of Fossil Fuel Use
Every year, PSNH purchases about 400,000 tons of low-sulfur coal to fuel Schiller Station’s three 50 megawatt steam boilers. Replacing a boiler with one designed to burn wood-chips and other clean wood byproducts eliminates the need to burn more than 130,000 tons of coal annually.

The Northern Wood Power Project is not only one of the largest renewable energy projects in the country, but one of the most environmentally significant. The reduction in coal-fired energy use will be directly offset by an equivalent amount of cleaner, greener wood-fired energy.

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