[Eric Coffey]

Originally Posted by RWebb

and speaking of GE...

besides Chainsaw Jack, the other problem GE had was the big bet on gas turbines for power production - they DO have a lot of adv.s but got killed as a mainstream effort by renewables

but they work great for load balancing

https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2020/03/02/morning-brief-ge-completes-first-battery-energy-storage-assisted-black-start-acciona-to-invest-4b-in-pv-and-wind/

Killed? I don't think so. Last time I looked there were somewhere between 1500 and 2000 NG power plants in the US, and NG produces the lion's share of electricity here. If that's not "mainstream" I don't know what is.

So, I don't see it going anywhere anytime soon...especially when NG turbines are basically a compulsory component for any wind/solar farm as an efficient form of co-generation.
The energy density and capacity factor of a modern NG plant makes large-scale wind and solar a complete non-starter, IMO (with Nukes even better).