Sentences with phrase «cycle plant capacity»

Not exact matches

Think of it another way, in the last 7 year cycle FCA had an average FCF of $ 36 million a year, and now FCA is expanding into different rail cars types and the refurbishment / rebuilt market, more gigawatts of coal fired power plant capacity will begin construction in 09 then was build in the last 7 years and FCA has $ 162 million in cash from the 05 IPO.

«Due to their capacity for improving plant root growth, soil nutrient cycling and microbial activity, the application of humic substances may have long - term benefits in agricultural systems.»

We don't have the electric capacity in nuclear, solar, hydro, combined cycle, etc to replace the missing coal fired plants.

(Remember that solar farms generate electricity at about 20 - 25 % of «nameplate» capacity on average, while combined - cycle gas plants nationally average 50 - 60 %, and can achieve 70 % or higher.

In New Jersey, most of the new capacity came from two combined - cycle plants, the Newark Energy Center (685 MW) and the Woodbridge Energy Center (795 MW).

She calculated a levelized cost of energy (LCOE) obtained from a PA Consulting assessment of project costs for «a combination of plants that have been developed across the U.S.,» a turbine life cycle of twenty years, and a variety of developers» expenses, including a $ 2,000 - per - kilowatt capital cost, O&M expenses, a 38 percent capacity factor and estimated returns.

Gas plants are quite capable of operating at a capacity factor of 40 % to 60 % (combined or single cycle).

[3] Each state has interim targets it must meet beginning in 2020, and the EPA proposed that states use a combination of four «building blocks» to achieve the emissions reductions: (1) improving the efficiency (heat rate) of existing coal - fired power plants; (2) switching from coal - fired power by increasing the use and capacity factor, or efficiency, of natural - gas combined - cycle power plants; (3) using less carbon - intensive generating power, such as renewable energy or nuclear power; and (4) increasing demand - side energy - efficiency measures.

* About 24 % of the electricity that will be produced each year by the Calpineís 630 MW gas - fired combined cycle plant at Hermiston, OR, that began commercial operations in August 2002, if that plant operates at a 90 % capacity factor.

Compare that with the capacity factors of coal, natural gas combined cycle and nuclear power plants.

According to the Operating Performance Rankings industry report in the Nov. / Dec. 2008 issue of Electric Light & Power, coal - fired power plant capacity factors range from 72 percent to 93 percent, combined cycle from 41 percent to 86 percent and nuclear from 90 percent to 96 percent.

At a natural gas price of about $ 8 per MMBtu, the LCOE of CSP and the combined cycle plants at 40 percent capacity factor are equal.»