>gas turbine generators based on airplane engines have a capital cost about 10% of the steam turbines used for coal and nuclear.
Do you have a source for this? Most gas power plants today are combined-cycle [0], meaning they first put the hot combustion gas through a gas turbine as you said and _then_ they use the waste heat to drive a steam turbine as well. This design is responsible for the significant efficiency advantage natural gas generation has over coal. So it doesn't make sense to claim that gas power plants are cheaper due to the turbine technology because most built today use both gas and steam turbines.
Does anyone know of a (preferably free) API for live F1 timing data? I would love to put together a custom dashboard for races, but haven't been able to find a source for the data.
Do you have a source for this? Most gas power plants today are combined-cycle [0], meaning they first put the hot combustion gas through a gas turbine as you said and _then_ they use the waste heat to drive a steam turbine as well. This design is responsible for the significant efficiency advantage natural gas generation has over coal. So it doesn't make sense to claim that gas power plants are cheaper due to the turbine technology because most built today use both gas and steam turbines.
[0] https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=34172