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Re:Britain has gone two months without burning coal to gener... by pfdietz on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @08:29PM (#23472577)
> The CO2 intensity of OCGT is 3x that of CCGT.

The efficiency of OCGT is about 40%. The efficiency of CCGT is about 60%. So, no, the CO2 intensity is not "3x".

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Re:Britain has gone two months without burning coal to gener... by jasoncartwright on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @03:02AM (#23474683)
My apologies, you're correct. I use 394 gCO2/kWh for CCGT and 651 gCO2/kW for OCGT in my calculations
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