morto@piefed.social to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 months agoTurbines are our friendsmedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square79linkfedilinkarrow-up1617
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minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months 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-up2·6 months agoTurbines are over 90% efficient.
minus-squarezout@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months 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.
PVs max out around 28%
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%.