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Re:California Declares Grid Emergency by ZeroGravitas on Thursday September 01, 2022 @11:45AM (#32678109)
The initial quote is for "heat" energy. To get that into electricity in a steam turbine you lose about 2/3rds of it.
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Re:California Declares Grid Emergency by vitiral on Friday September 02, 2022 @09:06AM (#32690236)
Pretty sure modern steam conversion is now over 50%, should be higher for super heated. It's come a long ways.
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