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Base load power plant — Baseload (also base load, or baseload demand) is the minimum amount of power that a utility or distribution company must make available to its customers, or the amount of power required to meet minimum demands based on reasonable expectations of… … Wikipedia
base load — Chiefly Brit. the constant or permanent load on a power supply. [1925 30] * * * base load, that quantity of electrical power that a power plant or power system must deliver in order to satisfy ordinary or minimum needs … Useful english dictionary
Load following power plant — A load following power plant is a power plant that adjusts its power output as demand for electricity fluctuates throughout the day. Load following plants are in between base load and peaking power plants in efficiency, speed of startup and… … Wikipedia
Elektrėnai Power Plant — The Elektrėnai Power Plant or Lithuania Power Plant ( lt. Lietuvos elektrinė) is an 1,800 MW electrical generating station near Elektrėnai, Lithuania, about 50 kilometers west of Lithuania s capital, Vilnius.The plant was built in stages between… … Wikipedia
plant — Synonyms and related words: accouterments, adulterate, agent provocateur, amphibian, angiosperm, annual, apparatus, appliances, appointments, appurtenances, aquatic plant, armament, armory, arsenal, assembly line, assembly plant, assign, atomic… … Moby Thesaurus
Peaking power plant — Peaking power plants, also known as peaker plants, are power plants that generally run only when there is a high demand, known as peak demand, for electricity. In the United States, this often occurs in the afternoon, especially during the summer … Wikipedia
Nuclear power plant — This article is about electricity generation from nuclear power. For the general topic of nuclear power, see Nuclear power. A nuclear power station. The nuclear reactor is contained inside the cylindrical containment buildings to the right left… … Wikipedia
Isar Nuclear Power Plant — Isar nuclear power plant … Wikipedia
Oak Creek Power Plant — Oak Creek Power Plant … Wikipedia
peak load — noun : the maximum load carried during a given period (as by a railroad, telegraph line, power plant, pumping station) the person who uses the highways only on such days as … Labor Day makes a marginal contribution to the peak load W.H.Anderson * … Useful english dictionary
