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67% of electricity comes from fossil fuel. https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=427&t=3 https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=427&t=3 Efficiency of c
by samfisher83 10y ago
67% of electricity comes from fossil fuel.
https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=427&t=3 https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=427&t=3
Efficiency of coal plant is ~ 33%
http://www.eia.gov/electricity/annual/html/epa_08_01.html http://www.eia.gov/electricity/annual/html/epa_08_01.html
Natural gas is about ~40%.
So in reality you are getting 90% of ~35% or 31.5%.
- parimm 10y agoThere are combined cycle natural gas plants that can go up to 68% eff
- samfisher83 10y agoThat is not what it is currently for a majority of plants. Maybe there is few plants here or there, but I posted the data directly from eia.