Re: Energy Density of Coal Fired Power Plant


"Bret Cahill" <BretCahill@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1163160801.930888.297800@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
A 450 megawatt plant including coal and maintenance sheds and yard will
take up most of a square mile or 250 watts/m^2.

You can do better that with dish stirling.



Your subject line is about energy density, why are you talking in units of power/area?

How much *energy* does that 450 MW plant generate in an average year, versus how much energy does the dish Stirling? I think that is the more pertenent question.

daestrom

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