Sentences with phrase «combustion turbine capacity»
Significantly less combustion turbine capacity was added in first - half 2014 (131 MW) compared to the same period last year (3,115 MW).
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* On page 88 of the IRP, Dominion provides it own capacity factor forecasts: solar 25 %, combined cycle gas 70 %, gas combustion turbines 10 %, nuclear 96 %, onshore wind 42 %, offshore wind 42 %.
«The [latest models of] natural gas combustion turbines that would be purchased to provide capacity have a levelized cost of energy of $ 0.194 / kWh and run 20 % of the year, according to the 2014 Tucson Electric Power IRP,» Lon Huber, a consultant for the Arizona consumer advocate, told Utility Dive.
«The [latest models of] natural gas combustion turbines that would be purchased to provide capacity have a levelized cost of energy of $ 0.194 / kWh and run 20 % of the year,
Less expensive but less efficient power plants like combustion gas turbines are useful for capacity and flexibility because they are used only infrequently.
Baseload generators, like nuclear units, typically have high capacity factors, while peaking generators like natural gas - fired combustion turbines have low capacity factors.