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Thermal Power Stations

meogi3 · 2011-08-15 15:59:22

Hi, Quick query as regards thermal power stations. Can anyone define what small, medium and large thermal power stations in terms of there export capacity (MW) for me. I am not sure what they are. for example are they Small plants - anything up to 300MW Medium plants - 300MW to 1000MW Large Plants - 1000MW or above Many…

15-08-2011 3:59pm

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meogi3

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Hi,

Quick query as regards thermal power stations. Can anyone define what small, medium and large thermal power stations in terms of there export capacity (MW) for me. I am not sure what they are.

for example are they

Small plants - anything up to 300MW
Medium plants - 300MW to 1000MW
Large Plants - 1000MW or above

Many Thanks

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#2 17-08-2011 8:42pm

shakeydude

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Depends on what you are looking to define.

Thermal stations can come in units as small as 100MW and are called Open Cycle Gas Turbines (OCGT)

I think that you will find generators defined more often as baseload (400-1000MW CCGT for example), mid-merit (200-400MW) and peakers (100MW, OCGT)

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