Natural gas combined cycle generators had a capacity factor of 56.6 percent, making this the fossil fuel with the highest capacity factor. By comparison, coal had a capacity factor of 40.2 percent, and petroleum gas turbine had a capacity factor of 1.3 percent.
Average capacity factor of utility-scale fossil fuel generators in the United States in 2020, by fuel
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