Life Cycle Costs and Life Cycle Assessment for the Harvesting, Conversion, and the Use of Switchgrass to Produce Electricity

Table 11

Power plant efficiency.

Power plant	Efficiency	Reference
Diesel engine	32.4%	[13]
Gas turbines	42%	[43]
Steam turbine coal-fired power plant	33%	[43]
Steam turbine fuel-oil power plant	34%	[44]