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teerayyesterday at 6:06 PM4 repliesview on HN

> About three months later, we had a signed deal for 1.21 gigawatts and had started manufacturing the first turbine.

Great Scott!


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rje99yesterday at 6:13 PM

I think we had the same though at the same time. Did you also hit your head on the toilet?

npodbielskiyesterday at 7:33 PM

What is strange about it? Normal power plants have 2-3 gigawatts. Gas turbine having 300MW is probably just below average. What am I missing? Is it some US thing where G scale is not 10^9?

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cortesoftyesterday at 6:25 PM

That is clearly an intentional reference.

bitwizeyesterday at 6:27 PM

They probably did that deliberately, like when Google IPO'd for $2,718,281,828.