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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (108360)11/8/2014 4:16:55 PM
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Boy was I wrong about energy losses in electrical generating plants.

62% of the energy burnt at an electrical power plant is lost as heat.

Some standby electrical generating plants lose as much as energy as an automobile engine, 68% to 72%, when they're called on to produce electricity!

Steady advances in electrical Co-generation plants have reduced this energy loss from 62% to 70% down to around 20% . . .

. . . but utility companies are still fighting the introduction of electrical co-generation plants with all their political might.

This 2008 article from Forbes describes the utility industry opposition to electrical Co-generation, but isn't very clear about why they're opposed to the energy savings. Well, except when a customer is wanting to build the co-generation plant - then it's pretty clear they simply don't like competition.

forbes.com
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