1. How much oil (in tonnes) would be required in an oil-fired power plant to generate...

1. How much oil (in tonnes) would be required in an oil-fired power plant to generate the equivalent amount of electrical energy as the hydropower generates in a year? The energy content of oil is 11,630 kWh/tonne and chemical to electrical energy conversion efficiency is about 30%.

2. How much (in tonnes) would be the CO2 emissions if the Oil power plant was used? Assume the oil power plant produces 0.27 kg CO2 per kWh

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Note - answer will depend of capacity of hydropower plant here I took energy generation by all hydropower plants in USA.

samet mamat answered 2 years ago

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