morto@piefed.social to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 13 days agoTurbines are our friendsmedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square88linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoAnother thread I read said that photovoltaics have an efficiency of around 45%, while turbines are somewhere in the 40% range. Source: I dunno.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoTurbines are over 90% efficient.
minus-squarezout@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoTraditional Rankine cycles with a boiler, a turbine and a condenser have efficiencies lower than 40%, I’ve never seen one higher than 30%.
Another thread I read said that photovoltaics have an efficiency of around 45%, while turbines are somewhere in the 40% range. Source: I dunno.
Turbines are over 90% efficient.
Traditional Rankine cycles with a boiler, a turbine and a condenser have efficiencies lower than 40%, I’ve never seen one higher than 30%.
PVs max out around 28%