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There's no single efficienty number for "steam". Steam turbines in large power plants for example are >90% efficient when considering just the thermodynamics. There are a hundred other variables involved.


I'll note that powerplant steam turbines are often pretty cutting edge & supported by essentially a special plant to achieve this levels of efficiency and reliability. Stuff like hydrogen cooling the generator bit:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen-cooled_turbo_generato...




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