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Portable generators about half as efficient as power plants | Setty's notebook

Portable generators about half as efficient as power plants | Setty's notebook: "I happened across a spec sheet for Honda portable generators up to 6 kilowatts. According to my math, they convert between 13% and 18% of the power in gasoline into electrical energy, when running at their “rated load,” usually about 10% lower than their maximum load.

This is a little better than half as efficient as fixed power plants.

The gasoline-powered generators produce at best 6.13 kilowatt-hours per gallon of fuel, at worst 4.42, and a median of 5.7."

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