Energy Storage Will Soon Replace Simple Cycle Combustion Turbine Peaker Plants. Power grids need extra generating capacity to work properly. For example, about 20 percent of New York Stateâs generation fleet runs less than 250 hours a year. Because they donât run much, âpeaker plantsâ are by design the cheapest and least efficient fossil generators.
The largest source of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are currently  from electric generation through the combustion of fossil fuels.  Particularly the burning of coal is mos â¦ t pollutive, as compared to  oil or natural gas generation.
Black carbon emissions come mainly from four sources: 1) diesel engines for transportation and industrial use; (2) residential solid fuels such as wood and coal; (3) open forest and savanna burning, both natural and initiated by people for land clearing; and (4) industrial processes, usually from small boilers.