Hey GM,

The info you posted was quite relevant. However, for some (me included, for this post) it would take a while to make the connection. First I was wondering what Eskom was, in Canada, US? Once I found out that Escom is in SA (i.e. South Africa), the picture began to emerge. But it took some time...

As you have explained above, the KWG gas-power super converter would be a good solution for solving the power shortage and high prices in some countries including Canada, US and SA. The use of gas (if a country/e.g. Canada has plenty of it) is economical and it would help taking off the demand for electricity from heavy industries. For example, smelting using electric arc furnace which would require some 300MW of power. This is half the output of a 600 MWe power plant, e.g. a CANDU 600 nuclear reactor unit, for providing steady power. One cannot simply afford to have power interuptions during a smelting operation). Of course, gas can be used to generate electricity, but 2/3 of the gas energy would be lost for electicity generation. Direct burning of the gas to "BBQ" the ore mixtures (chromite + other stuff in KWG process) would be more economical with an efficiency ~90+% compared to ~30% for burning gas to generate electricity for use in an electric arc furnace.

To complete the picture, diesel and coal would also be available for electricity generation (at a price and consequence), but we should discount wind (say a windmill farm with 200-300 wind turbines) and solar power for this application, since they are not reliable enough for steady electricity generation (dark nights, no winds or too windy).

A one-liner comment before a link should help readers to have a quick "aha" moment for the link.

goldhunter