Once separated from gas associates and contaminants, methane is piped to natural gas storage facilities, industrial FACTORIES, and power plants. Natural gas power plants are typically classified as either “combustion” or “COMBINED cycle.” Combustion power plants inject pressurized natural gas into a chamber and ignite it, generating steam that spins a power generator and releases WASTE heat and carbon dioxide. More efficient combined cycle power plants burn methane through a gas turbine and direct the waste heat through a conventional steam turbine. Combined cycle power plants are considerably more efficient compared to combustion plants and most other forms of thermal generation.

Natural gas is also piped directly to homes for heating and cooking, as a feedstock for ammonia fertilizer and HYDROGEN production (AMONG other industrial processes), and as compressed natural gas (CNG) for automobiles.

Once separated from gas associates and contaminants, methane is piped to natural gas storage facilities, industrial factories, and power plants. Natural gas power plants are typically classified as either “combustion” or “combined cycle.” Combustion power plants inject pressurized natural gas into a chamber and ignite it, generating steam that spins a power generator and releases waste heat and carbon dioxide. More efficient combined cycle power plants burn methane through a gas turbine and direct the waste heat through a conventional steam turbine. Combined cycle power plants are considerably more efficient compared to combustion plants and most other forms of thermal generation.

Natural gas is also piped directly to homes for heating and cooking, as a feedstock for ammonia fertilizer and hydrogen production (among other industrial processes), and as compressed natural gas (CNG) for automobiles.