TransCanada using sun heated hot water for sterling engine generators

Increases electricty output per volume of natural gas
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Key economic variable why this very basic, simply technology efficiency not happening: Easy to increase the flow from a tap, then to build new infrastruture. Requires a capital investment. No infrastructure needed if only used more natural gas to heat same amount of water.

Have to build warm water solar colectors, covers large land mass. Cost of area the prohibator, and why this simply advancement slow.

Combine algae into warm water and have C02 use, synergy.

Increasing the amount of North American electricty, from the same amount of fossil fuels used.



Simple Technology can increase size of power industry. [Much smaller scale, then the below power plant. And, several, several turbines at plant.]
Qutoe below, shows water turned to steam used to make electricity electricity can be several layers. The machine can be made better. Using solar heated hot water reservers first to heat water to above 50 -70 degrees, reduces cost of C02 to make that much electricity. Key innovation in North American Energy Strategy.

NEW YORK, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Ontario Power Generation/TransCanada Corp's (TRP.TO) 550-megawatt Portlands natural gas-fired power plant in Ontario shut by early Tuesday, the Independent Electricity System Operator said in a report.

The Portlands combined cycle plant, which entered commercial service in 2009, is located in Toronto. It consists of two 175 MW combustion turbines and one 200 MW steam turbine.
Combined-cycle technology uses natural gas to turn combustion turbines to generate electricity and then uses the hot gas leaving the combustion turbines to heat water to produce steam to power a steam turbine and generate more power.

OPG and TransCanada started building the plant in 2006. The combustion turbines operated during the summer of 2008 before shutting for several months in September 2008 to allow workers to hook up the combined-cycle part of the plant.

One MW powers about 1,000 homes in Ontario.