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Power generation is an important issue today, especially on the West Coast. Demand is outweighing supply because of lack of incentives for the utilities industry to build additional power plants over the past 10–20 years.

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Zohuri, B. (2015). Open Air Brayton Gas Power Cycle. In: Combined Cycle Driven Efficiency for Next Generation Nuclear Power Plants. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15560-9_8

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