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		Panzer04 on Nov 24, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Which power plant does my electricity come from? My naive presumption is that the gas turbines do run at constant RPM, but vary the fuel use to deliver more torque and hence energy? Maybe just wrong though :P

UltraSane on Nov 24, 2024 [–]

I'm not sure. I do not that gas peaker plants that have to be started and stopped a lot wear out very fast.

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