I was afraid these would burn more fossil fuels and pollute more carbon dioxide and other toxic combustion byproducts into the atmosphere, so I was pleased to learn they actually burn sunlight and emit rainbows. At least that's what ChatGPT told me. /s
They got electrolytes.
It's what the plants crave.
Fun fact: The only reason jet engines need fuel is the nacelles block out sunlight. It's inefficient, but it gets the job done.
These are just combined cycle plants, not unusual at all. Nat gas through the turbines, exhaust heats a boiler and runs a steam turbine. It is really efficient.
Not exactly a heat pump, but I do like the recycling aspect.
Yeah for a fossil fuel plant they're about the best it gets.
Good news for Boeing
In what way? They've never manufactured engines for commercial jets, and regardless, they'd see no profit on the sale of used engines.
GE makes the engines, Boeing makes the Airframe.
We have fan spin
Japan's MHI, Germany's Siemens, and GE Vernova
I've heard of Japan and Germany but where is GE?
A report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) notes the effect this is having in Southeast Asian countries like Vietnam and the Philippines.
What is the effect? Why bring it up if you don't want to discuss it?
What a poorly written article. I couldn't follow the author's incomplete thoughts for much of it.
As I understand it, GE Vernova is a joint venture with a French firm. However, this is the sort of research that's easy enough to do on one's own. I'm a newspaper editor, not a physicist, so asking me is pointless. I share things I find interesting, but beyond taking derivatives and integrals, I'm not a good source for that sort of data analysis.
I would point out that if your irritation is that everything you want wasn't handed to you on a platter, sharing this was not intended to be a treatise. If you're curious, look into it further. Expecting a single news story to answer all your questions is unreasonable. Often, news intentionally simplifies matters because the audience isn't looking for methodology or p-values.
No my irritation was with how it was written. Why break the rhythm when listing 3 things? Why mention Vietnam and the Philippines and then immediately move on? The writing was very disjointed.
Some of the embedded links were useful and interesting, others just went to random pages that had nothing to do with what was discussed.
I was not the assigning editor. I'm merely sharing links I find interesting. And structurally, this didn't throw any red flags.
Thanks for sharing. It was interesting to learn something new.
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