Re: Energy Density of Coal Fired Power Plant



Bret Cahill wrote:
A 450 megawatt plant including coal and maintenance sheds and yard will
take up most of a square mile or 250 watts/m^2.
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Thats area. What about by volume and by mass? (Compare with car
batteries, for example)

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