Mean Time Between Faults

{access view=!registered}Only logged in users can view the full text of the article.{/access}{access view=registered}While most vendors promote availability in the 97 to 98% range for their machines, and most investors have come to expect that, a recent analysis by Garrad Hassan discovered that levels of true availability are a percentage point or two below that level. Furthermore, turbines operating in North America average in the 94 to 95% range.