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<div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Type of power station</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Berlin-mitte_heizkraftwerk-mitte_20060605_629.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Berlin-mitte_heizkraftwerk-mitte_20060605_629.jpg/220px-Berlin-mitte_heizkraftwerk-mitte_20060605_629.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Berlin-mitte_heizkraftwerk-mitte_20060605_629.jpg/330px-Berlin-mitte_heizkraftwerk-mitte_20060605_629.jpg 1.5x, 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data-file-width="3400" data-file-height="2765" /></a><figcaption>Gas generates over 20% of world electricity</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Share-electricity-gas.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Share-electricity-gas.svg/220px-Share-electricity-gas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Share-electricity-gas.svg/330px-Share-electricity-gas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Share-electricity-gas.svg/440px-Share-electricity-gas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="850" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Share of electricity production from gas</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>gas-fired power plant</b>, sometimes referred to as <b>gas-fired power station</b>, <b>natural gas power plant</b>, or <b>methane gas power plant</b>, is a <a href="/wiki/Thermal_power_station" title="Thermal power station">thermal power station</a> that burns <a href="/wiki/Natural_gas" title="Natural gas">natural gas</a> to <a href="/wiki/Electricity_generation" title="Electricity generation">generate electricity</a>. Gas-fired power plants generate almost a quarter of <a href="/wiki/Electric_energy_consumption" title="Electric energy consumption">world electricity</a> and are significant sources of <a href="/wiki/Greenhouse_gas_emissions" title="Greenhouse gas emissions">greenhouse gas emissions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, they can provide seasonal, <a href="/wiki/Dispatchable_generation" title="Dispatchable generation">dispatchable energy generation</a> to compensate for <a href="/wiki/Variable_renewable_energy" title="Variable renewable energy">variable renewable energy</a> deficits, where <a href="/wiki/Hydropower" title="Hydropower">hydropower</a> or <a href="/wiki/Electrical_interconnector" class="mw-redirect" title="Electrical interconnector">interconnectors</a> are not available. In the early 2020s <a href="/wiki/Battery_storage_power_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Battery storage power station">batteries</a> became competitive with gas <a href="/wiki/Peaking_power_plant" title="Peaking power plant">peaker plants</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Basic_concepts:_heat_into_mechanical_energy_into_electrical_energy">Basic concepts: heat into mechanical energy into electrical energy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gas-fired_power_plant&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Basic concepts: heat into mechanical energy into electrical energy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Thermal_power_station" title="Thermal power station">Thermal power station</a></div> <p>A gas-fired power plant is a type of <a href="/wiki/Fossil_fuel_power_station" title="Fossil fuel power station">fossil fuel power station</a> in which chemical energy stored in natural gas, which is mainly <a href="/wiki/Methane" title="Methane">methane</a>, is converted successively into: <a href="/wiki/Thermal_energy" title="Thermal energy">thermal energy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mechanical_energy" title="Mechanical energy">mechanical energy</a> and, finally, <a href="/wiki/Electrical_energy" title="Electrical energy">electrical energy</a>. Although they cannot exceed the <a href="/wiki/Carnot_cycle" title="Carnot cycle">Carnot cycle</a> limit for conversion of heat energy into useful work, the excess heat, ie the difference between the chemical energy used up and the useful work generated, may be used in <a href="/wiki/Cogeneration" title="Cogeneration">cogeneration</a> plants to heat buildings, to produce hot water, or to heat materials on an industrial scale. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plant_types">Plant types</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gas-fired_power_plant&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Plant types"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gas_turbine">Gas turbine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gas-fired_power_plant&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Gas turbine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Gas_turbine" title="Gas turbine">Gas turbine</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gateway_Generating_Station_rectified.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Gateway_Generating_Station_rectified.jpg/220px-Gateway_Generating_Station_rectified.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Gateway_Generating_Station_rectified.jpg/330px-Gateway_Generating_Station_rectified.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Gateway_Generating_Station_rectified.jpg/440px-Gateway_Generating_Station_rectified.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4743" data-file-height="1734" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Gateway_Generating_Station" title="Gateway Generating Station">Gateway Generating Station</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Combined_cycle_power_generation" class="mw-redirect" title="Combined cycle power generation">combined-cycle</a> gas-fired power station in California, uses two GE 7F.04 combustion turbines to burn <a href="/wiki/Natural_gas" title="Natural gas">natural gas</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GE_H_series_Gas_Turbine.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/GE_H_series_Gas_Turbine.jpg/220px-GE_H_series_Gas_Turbine.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/GE_H_series_Gas_Turbine.jpg/330px-GE_H_series_Gas_Turbine.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/GE_H_series_Gas_Turbine.jpg/440px-GE_H_series_Gas_Turbine.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="367" /></a><figcaption>GE H series power generation gas turbine: in <a href="/wiki/Combined_cycle" class="mw-redirect" title="Combined cycle">combined cycle</a> configuration, its highest <a href="/wiki/Thermodynamic_efficiency" class="mw-redirect" title="Thermodynamic efficiency">thermodynamic efficiency</a> is 62.22%</figcaption></figure> <p>Industrial gas turbines differ from aeronautical designs in that the frames, bearings, and blading are of heavier construction. They are also much more closely integrated with the devices they power—often an <a href="/wiki/Electric_generator" title="Electric generator">electric generator</a>—and the secondary-energy equipment that is used to recover residual energy (largely heat). </p><p>They range in size from portable mobile plants to large, complex systems weighing more than a hundred tonnes housed in purpose-built buildings. When the gas turbine is used solely for shaft power, its thermal efficiency is about 30%. However, it may be cheaper to buy electricity than to generate it. Therefore, many engines are used in CHP (Combined Heat and Power) configurations that can be small enough to be integrated into portable <a href="/wiki/Intermodal_container" title="Intermodal container">container</a> configurations. </p><p>Gas turbines can be particularly efficient when <a href="/wiki/Waste_heat" title="Waste heat">waste heat</a> from the turbine is recovered by a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) to power a conventional steam turbine in a <a href="/wiki/Combined_cycle" class="mw-redirect" title="Combined cycle">combined cycle</a> configuration.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 605 MW <a href="/wiki/General_Electric" title="General Electric">General Electric</a> 9HA achieved a 62.22% efficiency rate with temperatures as high as 1,540 °C (2,800 °F).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For 2018, GE offers its 826 MW HA at over 64% efficiency in combined cycle due to advances in <a href="/wiki/Additive_manufacturing" class="mw-redirect" title="Additive manufacturing">additive manufacturing</a> and combustion breakthroughs, up from 63.7% in 2017 orders and on track to achieve 65% by the early 2020s.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2018, GE Power achieved a 63.08% gross efficiency for its 7HA turbine.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Aeroderivative gas turbines can also be used in combined cycles, leading to a higher efficiency, but it will not be as high as a specifically designed industrial gas turbine. They can also be run in a <a href="/wiki/Cogeneration" title="Cogeneration">cogeneration</a> configuration: the exhaust is used for space or water heating, or drives an <a href="/wiki/Absorption_chiller" class="mw-redirect" title="Absorption chiller">absorption chiller</a> for cooling the inlet air and increase the power output, technology known as <a href="/wiki/Turbine_inlet_air_cooling" title="Turbine inlet air cooling">turbine inlet air cooling</a>. </p><p>Another significant advantage is their ability to be turned on and off within minutes, supplying power during peak, or unscheduled, demand. Since single cycle (gas turbine only) power plants are less efficient than combined cycle plants, they are usually used as <a href="/wiki/Peaking_power_plant" title="Peaking power plant">peaking power plants</a>, which operate anywhere from several hours per day to a few dozen hours per year—depending on the electricity demand and the generating capacity of the region. In areas with a shortage of base-load and <a href="/wiki/Load_following_power_plant" class="mw-redirect" title="Load following power plant">load following power plant</a> capacity or with low fuel costs, a gas turbine powerplant may regularly operate most hours of the day. A large single-cycle gas turbine typically produces 100 to 400 megawatts of electric power and has 35–40% <a href="/wiki/Thermodynamic_efficiency" class="mw-redirect" title="Thermodynamic efficiency">thermodynamic efficiency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-siemens_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-siemens-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Forssan_varavoimala.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Forssan_varavoimala.JPG/220px-Forssan_varavoimala.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Forssan_varavoimala.JPG/330px-Forssan_varavoimala.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Forssan_varavoimala.JPG/440px-Forssan_varavoimala.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Fingrid_Oyj" class="mw-redirect" title="Fingrid Oyj">Fingrid Oyj</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Gas_turbine" title="Gas turbine">gas turbine</a> power plant in <a href="/wiki/Forssa" title="Forssa">Forssa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Simple_cycle_gas-turbine">Simple cycle gas-turbine</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gas-fired_power_plant&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Simple cycle gas-turbine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a simple cycle gas-turbine, also known as open-cycle gas-turbine (OCGT) generators, hot gas drives a <a href="/wiki/Gas_turbine" title="Gas turbine">gas turbine</a> to generate electricity. This type of plant is relatively cheap to build and can start very quickly, but due to its lower efficiency is at most only run for a few hours a day as a <a href="/wiki/Peaking_power_plant" title="Peaking power plant">peaking power plant</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Combined_cycle_gas-turbine_(CCGT)"><span id="Combined_cycle_gas-turbine_.28CCGT.29"></span>Combined cycle gas-turbine (CCGT)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gas-fired_power_plant&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Combined cycle gas-turbine (CCGT)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Combined_cycle_power_plant" title="Combined cycle power plant">Combined cycle power plant</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gateway_Generating_Station_rectified.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Gateway_Generating_Station_rectified.jpg/220px-Gateway_Generating_Station_rectified.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Gateway_Generating_Station_rectified.jpg/330px-Gateway_Generating_Station_rectified.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Gateway_Generating_Station_rectified.jpg/440px-Gateway_Generating_Station_rectified.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4743" data-file-height="1734" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Gateway_Generating_Station" title="Gateway Generating Station">Gateway Generating Station</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Combined_cycle_power_plant" title="Combined cycle power plant">combined-cycle</a> gas-fired power station in California.</figcaption></figure> <p>CCGT power plants consist of simple cycle gas-turbines which use the <a href="/wiki/Brayton_cycle" title="Brayton cycle">Brayton cycle</a>, followed by a <a href="/wiki/Heat_recovery_steam_generator" title="Heat recovery steam generator">heat recovery steam generator</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Steam_turbine" title="Steam turbine">steam turbine</a> which use the <a href="/wiki/Rankine_cycle" title="Rankine cycle">Rankine cycle</a>. The most common configuration is two gas-turbines supporting one steam turbine.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are slightly more expensive than simple cycle plants but can achieve efficiencies up to 55% and dispatch times of around half an hour.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reciprocating_engine">Reciprocating engine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gas-fired_power_plant&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Reciprocating engine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Reciprocating_engine" title="Reciprocating engine">Reciprocating engine</a></div> <p>Reciprocating <a href="/wiki/Internal_combustion_engine" title="Internal combustion engine">internal combustion engines</a> tend to be under 20 MW, thus much smaller than other types of natural gas-fired electricity generator, and are typically used for emergency power or to balance variable renewable energy such as wind and solar.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Greenhouse_gas_emissions">Greenhouse gas emissions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gas-fired_power_plant&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Greenhouse gas emissions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Relatively efficient gas-fired power stations – such as those based on combined cycle gas turbines – emit about 450 grams (16 oz) of <a href="/wiki/Carbon_dioxide" title="Carbon dioxide">CO<sub style="font-size: 80%;vertical-align: -0.35em">2</sub></a> per <a href="/wiki/Kilowatt-hour" title="Kilowatt-hour">kilowatt-hour</a> of electricity generated.<sup id="cite_ref-rue21_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rue21-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is about half that of <a href="/wiki/Coal-fired_power_station" title="Coal-fired power station">coal-fired power stations</a> but much more than <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_power_plant" title="Nuclear power plant">nuclear power plants</a> and <a href="/wiki/Renewable_energy" title="Renewable energy">renewable energy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-rue21_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rue21-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the more flexible simple-cycle turbines have a significantly higher emissions intensity, frequently as high as 670 grams (24 oz) of CO<sub>2</sub> per kWh,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and some older gas turbines can have emissions intensities comparable with even the most emissions intensive coal power stations.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, full <a href="/wiki/Life-cycle_greenhouse-gas_emissions_of_energy_sources" class="mw-redirect" title="Life-cycle greenhouse-gas emissions of energy sources">Life-cycle emissions</a> of gas-fired power stations is increased by <a href="/wiki/Methane_emissions" title="Methane emissions">methane emissions</a> from <a href="/wiki/Gas_leak" title="Gas leak">gas leaks</a> associated with gas production and distribution pipelines as well as from significant venting of waste CO<sub>2</sub> after <a href="/wiki/Amine_gas_treating" title="Amine gas treating">amine gas treating</a> if <a href="/wiki/Carbon_capture_and_storage" title="Carbon capture and storage">carbon capture and storage</a> is employed.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Carbon_capture">Carbon capture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gas-fired_power_plant&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Carbon capture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Very few power plants have <a href="/wiki/Carbon_capture_and_storage" title="Carbon capture and storage">carbon capture and storage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hydrogen">Hydrogen</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gas-fired_power_plant&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Hydrogen"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gas-fired power plants can be modified to run on <a href="/wiki/Hydrogen" title="Hydrogen">hydrogen</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and according to <a href="/wiki/General_Electric" title="General Electric">General Electric</a> a more economically viable option than CCS would be to use more and more hydrogen in the gas turbine fuel.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hydrogen can at first be created from natural gas through <a href="/wiki/Steam_reforming" title="Steam reforming">steam reforming</a>, or by heating to precipitate carbon, as a step towards a <a href="/wiki/Hydrogen_economy" title="Hydrogen economy">hydrogen economy</a>, thus eventually reducing carbon emissions.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However others think low-carbon hydrogen (such as <a href="/wiki/Natural_hydrogen" title="Natural hydrogen">natural hydrogen</a>) should be used for things which are harder to <a href="/wiki/Decarbonize" class="mw-redirect" title="Decarbonize">decarbonize</a>, such as making <a href="/wiki/Fertilizer" title="Fertilizer">fertilizer</a>, so there may not be enough for electricity generation.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economics">Economics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gas-fired_power_plant&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Economics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_plants">New plants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gas-fired_power_plant&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: New plants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sometimes a new <a href="/wiki/Battery_storage_power_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Battery storage power station">battery storage power station</a> together with <a href="/wiki/Solar_power" title="Solar power">solar power</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wind_power" title="Wind power">wind power</a> is cheaper in the long-term than building a new gas plant, as the gas plant risks becoming a <a href="/wiki/Stranded_asset" title="Stranded asset">stranded asset</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Existing_plants">Existing plants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gas-fired_power_plant&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Existing plants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2019<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gas-fired_power_plant&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> a few gas-fired power plants are being retired because they are unable to stop and start quickly enough.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the falling cost of <a href="/wiki/Variable_renewable_energy" title="Variable renewable energy">variable renewable energy</a> most existing gas-fired power plants remain profitable, especially in countries without a <a href="/wiki/Carbon_price" title="Carbon price">carbon price</a>, due to their <a href="/wiki/Dispatchable_generation" title="Dispatchable generation">dispatchable generation</a> and because <a href="/wiki/Shale_gas" title="Shale gas">shale gas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Liquefied_natural_gas" title="Liquefied natural gas">liquefied natural gas</a> prices have fallen since they were built.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Even in places with a carbon price, such as the EU, existing gas-fired power stations remain economically viable, partly due to increasing restrictions on coal-fired power because of its pollution.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gas-fired_power_plant&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Even when replacing coal power, the decision to build a new plant may be controversial.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gas-fired_power_plant&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_natural_gas_power_stations" title="List of natural gas power stations">List of natural gas power stations</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gas-fired_power_plant&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-gas-plant-tracker/">Global gas 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