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NG plants tend to use gas turbines, which can ramp very quickly indeed. Steam plants are a lot slower (thermal stresses and whatnot). Very little electricity i
by jabl 8y ago
NG plants tend to use gas turbines, which can ramp very quickly indeed. Steam plants are a lot slower (thermal stresses and whatnot).
Very little electricity is produced with oil, BTW. Steam plants are usually coal or nuclear.
- hectormalot 8y agoNote: many bigger gas plants are combined cycle, the exhaust of the gas turbine generates steam in a waste heat boiler for a steam turbine. Often multiple GTs on a single ST.