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Steam Turbine: by Prime Mover

Steam turbine plants use expanding steam to power turbine blades and generate most of the world's electricity. Gas turbine plants use the dynamic pressure of combusting gases to directly power turbines, allowing them to start quickly and supply peak energy. Combined cycle plants increase efficiency by using the exhaust from a gas turbine to power a steam turbine. Internal combustion engines provide power for isolated areas and buildings using fuels like diesel and natural gas. Microturbines and engines can use opportunity fuels like landfill gas.

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Steam Turbine: by Prime Mover

Steam turbine plants use expanding steam to power turbine blades and generate most of the world's electricity. Gas turbine plants use the dynamic pressure of combusting gases to directly power turbines, allowing them to start quickly and supply peak energy. Combined cycle plants increase efficiency by using the exhaust from a gas turbine to power a steam turbine. Internal combustion engines provide power for isolated areas and buildings using fuels like diesel and natural gas. Microturbines and engines can use opportunity fuels like landfill gas.

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By prime mover

 Steam turbine plants use the dynamic pressure generated by expanding steam to turn
the blades of a turbine. Almost all large non-hydro plants use this system. About 90
percent of all electric power produced in the world is through use of steam turbines.[6]
 Gas turbine plants use the dynamic pressure from flowing gases (air and combustion
products) to directly operate the turbine. Natural-gas fuelled (and oil fueled)
combustion turbine plants can start rapidly and so are used to supply "peak" energy
during periods of high demand, though at higher cost than base-loaded plants. These
may be comparatively small units, and sometimes completely unmanned, being
remotely operated. This type was pioneered by the UK, Princetown[7] being the
world's first, commissioned in 1959.
 Combined cycle plants have both a gas turbine fired by natural gas, and a steam boiler
and steam turbine which use the hot exhaust gas from the gas turbine to produce
electricity. This greatly increases the overall efficiency of the plant, and many new
baseload power plants are combined cycle plants fired by natural gas.
 Internal combustion reciprocating engines are used to provide power for isolated
communities and are frequently used for small cogeneration plants. Hospitals, office
buildings, industrial plants, and other critical facilities also use them to provide
backup power in case of a power outage. These are usually fuelled by diesel oil,
heavy oil, natural gas, and landfill gas.
 Microturbines, Stirling engine and internal combustion reciprocating engines are low-
cost solutions for using opportunity fuels, such as landfill gas, digester gas from water
treatment plants and waste gas from oil production.

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