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To: RSmithOpt
I'm a little confused....what is a MWe?

MWe = Megawatt Electric. That is, one million watts of electrical power delivered to the grid.

That's in contrast to 1 Mwt, which is one million watts thermal, a million watts of heat. At 45% efficiency, it takes 2.22 Mwt to generate 1.0 Mwe.

(steely)

12 posted on 05/03/2006 11:57:37 AM PDT by Steely Tom
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To: Steely Tom
Appreciate that! A background in CE, well, and not a whole lot of thermo in my past.
13 posted on 05/03/2006 12:09:16 PM PDT by RSmithOpt (Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
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