Light water nuclear plants like PWR and BWR have efficiency of about 33 percent, that is the ratio of electric output to reactor thermal output. Gas cooled reactors can be up to 40 percent as they work at higher temperature.
hydropower plants
low loss,,,,,,,,,,,high efficiency
Coal is thenatural resource that enables the operation of most of China's power plants.
John Bruce has written: 'Power station efficiency control' -- subject(s): Electric power-plants
electricity produced by nuclear plants since 1990 could power 26 cities the size of Boston or Seattle. While efficiency has increased, the operating costs of nuclear power plants
The efficiency of a motor is the output power divided by the input power. The difference is the lost power which appears as heat usually. High-efficiency motors produce very little lost power. But they tend to be more massive and expensive to make, so that most motor designs have to compromise on efficiency.
Europe and North America have the most nuclear power plants. France has the highest concentration of nuclear power plants in Europe, while the United States has the highest number of nuclear power plants in North America.
A. B. Gill has written: 'Power plant performance' -- subject(s): Efficiency, Electric power-plants, Heat engineering
It can be up to 40 percent in modern plants, less in old ones
Efficiency is output power divide by input power.
A subcritical power plant is a type of thermal power plant that operates below the critical point of water (374°C and 22.1 MPa). These plants are less efficient compared to supercritical power plants because they operate at lower temperatures and pressures, leading to lower power generation efficiency. Subcritical power plants are common in older power generation facilities.
Temperature alone would do it; engines create heat, which must be removed for best efficiency.