peak load
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The Institute for Energy Research projects 166 gigawatts of new peak load by end of decade.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
If more EV owners are able to charge their cars during the day, and smart charging technologies are deployed as expected, that increase in peak load will shrink.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2022
In fact, AC could account for 20 to 44 percent of the peak load in India’s power grid by 2050.
From Scientific American • May 10, 2022
But the relatively late start of both companies means the bulk of their production will come online in May, possibly missing the peak load of cases expected by most U.S. health officials in mid-April.
From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2020
Owing to the intermittency of production, seasonal and local, this industry has been equipped to a peak load of twenty-five or thirty per cent over the average load.
From Herbert Hoover The Man and His Work by Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman)
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