Upgrading Fossil Power Plants
to Mirror Power Plants
 

There are significant benefits from upgrading a 500 Megawatt coal-fired power plant with 80% capacity factor to a 1,300 Mirror Power plant with 95% capacity factor. First, the fossil power plant has 1,500 megawatts thermal rating and 500 Megawatts electrical rating, which means the plant is 30% efficient. A 1,300 Mirror Power plant would more than triple the quantity of electricity being produced by increasing the capacity factor and eliminating the wasted energy.  

A typical 500 Megawatt coal power plant can generate 4.38 billion kilowatt-hours per year. But since the coal plant has 80% efficient, 3.5 billion kilowatt-hours is generated. The power plant burns 1.4 million tons of coal and creates 3.7 million tons of carbon dioxide, 125 thousand tons of fly ash, 193 thousand tons of sludge, 10 thousand tons of sulfur dioxide, 12 thousand tons of nitrogen oxides and other waste materials including mercury. At 10 cent per kilowatt-hour, the gross revenues is about $350 million. 

By comparison, a 1,300 Megawatt Mirror Power plant can generate 11.4 billion kilowatt-hours per year. With a 95% capacity factor, the plant generates 10.8 billion kilowatt-hours. Energy comes from converting 228 grams of matter and mirror matter directly into electricity or hydrogen for vehicles and oxygen for industrial applications. The environmental issues are mitigated since there is no carbon dioxide, fly ash, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, & mercury. At 10 cent per kilowatt-hour, the gross revenues triples to $1.08 billion. 

This is a Win-Win-Win situation: People, Utility companies and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The health related issues, linked to coal-fired plants, have been eliminated. The over 24,000 people's lives, which are being cut short each year by pollution coming from coal-fired power plants, can be spared using currently available technology.