gas-fired

[gas-fahy^uhrd]

adjective

1. using a gas for fuel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gas-fired¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Now they’re becoming a more cost-effective and reliable replacement for aging gas-fired power plants, according to Maia Leroy, founder of the California energy consulting firm Lumenergy LLC and co-author of a recent report on the rise of battery storage over gas generation in California.

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He explains that the problem is that the grid "was designed in the days when we had just a few very large, mainly gas-fired power plants".

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With power demand surging and fossil fuels back in fashion, it is a good time to be making turbines for gas-fired power plants.

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It would also help transition two large gas-fired power plants — Scattergood in Los Angeles and the Lodi Energy Center in San Joaquin County — to 100% renewable hydrogen, and develop more than 60 hydrogen fueling stations in areas including Fresno, Riverside, Orange and San Joaquin counties.

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Those emissions would have a climate-warming impact roughly equivalent to 27 gas-fired power plants operating year-round, even if the flares burned every molecule of methane released from the wells.

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