30 Jun 2023 1:35 pm
The advantage of new generation Natgas turbine plants is you don’t need to build up a big head of steam like traditional coal plants. There are no boilers, no steam.Beekeeper » 30 Jun 2023, 1:08 pm » wrote: ↑ Here you go again, trying to be "smart" and being as DUMB AS A BUCKET OF ROCKS!!
You don't "shut down a gas turbine" and have it on reserve when needed. Doing that TOTALLY defeats the purpose of a regenerative power plant that literally "reuses" the heat from firing the boilers. Shut off the gas, you shut off the boilers and it takes HOURS to get them back up to temp to drive the turbines that turn the generators. So you have a complete OUTAGE as you wait for the power generation to restart, IDIOT!!
The SIMPLE FACT IS, WIND AND SOLAR have been PROVEN to be totally UNRELIABLE for energy since they are NEVER there when needed to most. Ask Texans about how that worked out of them on MULTIPLE occasions, like during this heat wave they have experienced )and during that COLD SNAP a couple of years back) and are ALL needing to have their A/C Units working. That FAILURE LIST goes on and is quite extensive too. Ask the Californian's how that working out for them too.
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GE’s F-class and H-class products can be configured in 400 megawatt and larger sizes, start in fifteen minutes, change load quickly, and back down economically. Alstom’s GT 24, 26, and 13 class turbines are similarly capable in capacity, ramp rate, efficiency, and cost.
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Of course with solar and wind, there is instant online power and they are profitable all the way down to zero electric rates once online.
Natgas costs maybe four cents a kilowatt hour just for the gas.
After peak load times, when electric prices fall below four cents, they get shut down.