As many of us started in the industry, we learned quick rules to simplify complicated topics. One of these first rules is 12,000 Btus (British thermal units) per one ton of cooling capacity. It’s a ...
The average utilization rate (or capacity factor) for the entire U.S. fleet of combined-cycle natural gas turbine (CCGT) electric power plants has risen as the operating efficiency of new CCGT units ...
Utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) generation has exploded over the past few years. From nearly nothing in the late 2000s, the U.S. now has more than 10 GW of utility-scale solar PV in operation ...