capacity factor
noun[C]
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ameasureof therelationshipbetween theamountamachineorfactoryproducesand theamountit couldproduceif itoperatedaseffectivelyaspossible:
Thecapacityfactorofenergydeliveredbywindturbinesisassumedto be 35%.
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This means that thecapacityfactoris low by world standards, usually in the high seventies as a percentage.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The ratio of actual productivity in a year to this theoretical maximum is called thecapacityfactor.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Since the supply of fuel (i.e. water) remains unchanged, the uprated dam obtains a higher peak output in exchange for a lowercapacityfactor.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.For commercial operation, acapacityfactorof at least 35% is preferred.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Another cause was a large increase in thecapacityfactorover that period.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The averagecapacityfactorfor the first five full years of operation was 27.2%.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In practice, the annualcapacityfactorof a wind site varies around 25% to 60% of the energy that could be generated with constant wind.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As a result the actualcapacityfactorof the station is less than 5%.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Power plants with an output near nameplate capacity have a highcapacityfactor.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Solar power has a lowcapacityfactor, producing peak power at local noon each day.
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