The Vermont/New Hampshire chapter of the Association of Builders and Contractors is honoring the McNeil Generating Station, the 50 megawatt woodchip plant in Burlington s Intervale, for installing an RSCR (Regenerative Selective Catalytic Reduction) NOx-reduction unit at McNeil, which is cutting the NOx emissions from the plant by over half. The award will be received by plant manager John Irving at an awards dinner in Concord, NH, on Thursday, October 29.
The association recognizes The Best of the Best in construction and considered the RSCR installation at McNeil to be in that category.
With the installation of the RSCR unit, the Renewable Energy Credits at McNeil can now be sold in the Connecticut RECs market, which means that the unit will pay for itself in about two years.
The NOx reduction unit, which was designed and installed by Babcock Power Environmental of Worcester, MA, is having a positive impact on air quality in and around Burlington. NOx is a greenhouse gas and can have negative impacts on human health.
Irving said, We re very pleased that this project was recognized for this award. It not only will be economically beneficial to McNeil and its joint owners (BED, GMP, CVPS and VPPSA) but the reduced emissions make it environmentally beneficial to the region.
Source: BED. 10.27.2009.