Power generated from a proposed wind park in Coos County will not be designated to stay in the North Country, but could be used just about anywhere in New England.

Granite Reliable Power LLC spokesman Pip Decker said the power would go directly into the New England grid -- it could run a dishwasher in Lancaster or a traffic light on Boston's Boylston Street.

"It will deliver power in real time, as it is produced, wherever it is needed," said Decker.

If the project is approved by the state and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, power will be generated by the 33 wind turbines, each more than 400 feet tall.

Some North Country residents have expressed concern that the power will not benefit them or the local environment, while others have said that the benefits will accrue regionally.

Lynn Corrently of Pittsburg, responding on UnionLeader.com to John Harrigan's column about the issue in the New Hampshire Sunday News wrote, "the proposed wind farm in Coos County is going to destroy (a) rare and pristine area ... There is a small mix of people who stand to gain monetary rewards from this project and it is much less than equal to what we the people of New Hampshire and especially Coos County will be provided in carbon dioxide emissions and actual electric production output. The actual output of electricity is miniscule in comparison to the permanent destructive footprint on New Hampshire lands."

Decker said the wind project could equate annually to saving a 6-mile-long train full of coal from being mined and burned to create electricity.

Granite Reliable Power, a subsidiary of Noble Environmental Power, hopes to have the project fully completed in late 2010, offering roughly 300 megawatt hours a year, enough to supply the electrical needs for 40,000 homes each year, Decker said.

According to an application submitted to the state last July 15, if fossil fuels were used to produce that amount of electricity, 332,100 pounds a year in carbon dioxide emissions, 525,000 pounds a year in sulfur dioxide and 162,000 pounds a year in nitrogen oxide would result.

The New Hampshire Site Evaluation Committee begins two weeks of hearings Monday at 10 a.m. at 21 South Fruit St., Concord, for the 99-megawatt facility.