yeah but its waaay less efficient than a turbine. the only reason to use internal combustion is because its cheaper and better able to handle variable rotation rates. grid scale power generation will always favor efficiency over initial cost, at least to a point, and a generator is preferred to spin at one speed anyway.
applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
yeah but its waaay less efficient than a turbine. the only reason to use internal combustion is because its cheaper and better able to handle variable rotation rates. grid scale power generation will always favor efficiency over initial cost, at least to a point, and a generator is preferred to spin at one speed anyway.