This graph displays estimated average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, in metric tons, from New England power plants in real time throughout the course of the day. The estimates are for resources using oil, refuse, wood, coal, landfill gas, or natural gas to generate electricity. The graph also shows the sum of estimated average CO2 emissions from these resources as a total estimate for the region’s bulk power system.
Refuse: .01804 metric tons of CO2 per MW per minute
Wood: .02024 metric tons of CO2 per MW per minute
Coal: .02377 metric tons of CO2 per MW per minute
Oil: .01277 metric tons of CO2 per MW per minute
Landfill Gas: .01338 metric tons of CO2 per MW per minute
Natural Gas: .00654 metric tons of CO2 per MW per minute
Other resource types—nuclear, hydro, wind, solar, and energy storage devices—do not produce CO2 emissions. The graph does not include emissions estimates for electricity imported from neighboring areas because the resource types producing this electricity are unspecified.
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