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Note there are significant losses in gas turbines, electricity transmission and battery storage. If you burn the gas near to where it's needed then you avoid mo
by redcalx 10y ago
Note there are significant losses in gas turbines, electricity transmission and battery storage. If you burn the gas near to where it's needed then you avoid most of those losses.
- pjc50 10y ago.. but larger turbines are more efficient than vehicle engines. I think Derek MacKay has some numbers on vehicle vs centralised generator, but can't find it right now. (CNG has been an option for vehicles for ages, but for some reason never quite took off?)
- redcalx 10y agoGood point. There will also be an optimal efficiency speed and power level for a given internal combustion engine, which is more likely to be achievable in hybrid cars where the engine powers a generator and is therefore decoupled from providing direct power to the transmission.