60% was a plant factor, meaning that the 200 MW plant output will be 200 * .6 when averaged over the course of a year, presumably because some turbines will be down for maintenance some of the time, and the temperature difference will be less at times, so it can't always put out maximum power.
And there will be transmission line outages some times too.
60% has nothing to do with the efficiency of the transfer of energy.
He says in the video coal plants run 80% plant factor, nuclear plants would be even higher, probably putting out over 90% of their rated power.
And there will be transmission line outages some times too.
60% has nothing to do with the efficiency of the transfer of energy.
He says in the video coal plants run 80% plant factor, nuclear plants would be even higher, probably putting out over 90% of their rated power.