On 19/05/2021 12:25, Max Demian wrote:
A gas power station is 30-50% efficient, the rest being waste heat
unless you can use it for something like district heating.

OCGT is 37%¸ strap a steam boiler in the exhaust (CCGT) and its over 60%
when run constantly as baseload.

Of course, when run in 'whore's drawers' mode to back up intermittent
renewables, its back down to not much over 45%...


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