1. Aiming for a goal of over 70 per cent efficiency
- Author
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Flin, David
- Subjects
United States. Department of Energy -- Management ,Energy industry -- Research ,Electric power production -- Standards ,Gas-turbines -- Environmental aspects ,Business ,Petroleum, energy and mining industries - Abstract
The Vision 21 program initiated by the US Dept of Energy is primarily aimed at improving the efficiency of power production in the country while reducing the adverse environmental impact of fuel-flexible generation facilities. Cited by government officials as a means of developing industrial research in the new millenium, the Vision 21 initiative is based on the 192 Advanced Turbine Systems program which seeks to help companies acquire 60% efficiency in utility scale systems and reduce the cost of electrical consumption by as much as 10%., The US Department of Energy's Vision 21 looks to the future of the power industry, with a number of very ambitious objectives, building on the ATS Programme, which is nearing [...]
- Published
- 1999