Research and analysis

Technical Assessment of the Operation of Coal & Gas Fired Plants

An independent report from Parsons Brinckerhoff regarding the capability of four types of generating technologies to provide generation to the national electricity grid.

From:
Department of Energy & Climate Change
Published
17 December 2014

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Technical Assessment of the Operation of Coal & Gas Fired Plants: Parsons Brinckerhoff report

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This study by Parsons Brinckerhoff considers the achievable start-up times that could be applied to different types of fossil fuel power generation technologies, in order to provide electricity to the national grid. The study also looks at how long it takes to mothball and de-mothball those fossil fuel power generation technologies

Published 17 December 2014