Peak demand, the Glossary
Peak demand on an electrical grid is the highest electrical power demand that has occurred over a specified time period (Gönen 2008).[1]
Table of Contents
35 relations: Base load, Carters Dam, Combined cycle power plant, Congestion pricing, CRC Press, Demand response, Diversity factor, Dynamic pricing, Electric power, Electric power industry, Electric utility, Electrical grid, Electricity generation, Electricity market, Energy consumption, Energy demand management, Energy storage, Energy transition, Georgia (U.S. state), Heat wave, Hydroelectricity, List of energy storage power plants, Merit order, Natural gas, Peak oil, Peaking power plant, Power outage, Power station, Price elasticity of demand, Pumped-storage hydroelectricity, Rate (mathematics), SUNY Press, The Stationery Office, Vehicle-to-grid, Wind farm.
Base load
The base load (also baseload) is the minimum level of demand on an electrical grid over a span of time, for example, one week. Peak demand and base load are power station technology.
Carters Dam
Carters Dam is an earthen embankment dam located south of Chatsworth in Murray County and west of Ellijay in northwestern Georgia, United States, that creates Carters Lake.
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Combined cycle power plant
A combined cycle power plant is an assembly of heat engines that work in tandem from the same source of heat, converting it into mechanical energy. Peak demand and combined cycle power plant are power station technology.
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Congestion pricing
Congestion pricing or congestion charges is a system of surcharging users of public goods that are subject to congestion through excess demand, such as through higher peak charges for use of bus services, electricity, metros, railways, telephones, and road pricing to reduce traffic congestion; airlines and shipping companies may be charged higher fees for slots at airports and through canals at busy times.
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CRC Press
The CRC Press, LLC is an American publishing group that specializes in producing technical books.
Demand response
Demand response is a change in the power consumption of an electric utility customer to better match the demand for power with the supply.
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Diversity factor
In the context of electricity, the diversity factor is the ratio of the sum of the individual non-coincident maximum loads of various subdivisions of the system to the maximum demand of the complete system.
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Dynamic pricing
Dynamic pricing, also referred to as surge pricing, demand pricing, or time-based pricing, and variable pricing is a revenue management pricing strategy in which businesses set flexible prices for products or services based on current market demands.
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Electric power
Electric power is the rate of transfer of electrical energy within a circuit.
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Electric power industry
The electric power industry covers the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electric power to the general public and industry.
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Electric utility
An electric utility, or a power company, is a company in the electric power industry (often a public utility) that engages in electricity generation and distribution of electricity for sale generally in a regulated market.
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Electrical grid
An electrical grid (or electricity network) is an interconnected network for electricity delivery from producers to consumers. Peak demand and electrical grid are electric power distribution.
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Electricity generation
Electricity generation is the process of generating electric power from sources of primary energy.
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Electricity market
An electricity market is a system that enables the exchange of electrical energy, through an electrical grid. Peak demand and electricity market are electric power distribution.
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Energy consumption
Energy consumption is the amount of energy used.
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Energy demand management
Energy demand management, also known as demand-side management (DSM) or demand-side response (DSR), is the modification of consumer demand for energy through various methods such as financial incentives and behavioral change through education. Peak demand and energy demand management are electric power distribution.
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Energy storage
Energy storage is the capture of energy produced at one time for use at a later time to reduce imbalances between energy demand and energy production.
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Energy transition
An energy transition (or energy system transformation) is a major structural change to energy supply and consumption in an energy system. Peak demand and energy transition are energy development.
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Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia, officially the State of Georgia, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
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Heat wave
A heat wave or heatwave, sometimes described as extreme heat, is a period of abnormally hot weather.
Hydroelectricity
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power).
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List of energy storage power plants
This is a list of energy storage power plants worldwide, other than pumped hydro storage.
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Merit order
The merit order is a way of ranking available sources of energy, especially electrical generation, based on ascending order of price (which may reflect the order of their short-run marginal costs of production) and sometimes pollution, together with amount of energy that will be generated.
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Natural gas
Natural gas (also called fossil gas, methane gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane (95%) in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes.
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Peak oil
Peak oil is the theorized point in time when the maximum rate of global oil production will occur, after which oil production will begin an irreversible decline.
Peaking power plant
Peaking power plants, also known as peaker plants, and occasionally just "peakers", are power plants that generally run only when there is a high demand, known as peak demand, for electricity. Peak demand and Peaking power plant are power station technology.
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Power outage
A power outage (also called a powercut, a power out, a power failure, a power blackout, a power loss, or a blackout) is the loss of the electrical power network supply to an end user.
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Power station
A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power.
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Price elasticity of demand
A good's price elasticity of demand (E_d, PED) is a measure of how sensitive the quantity demanded is to its price.
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Pumped-storage hydroelectricity
Pumped-storage hydroelectricity (PSH), or pumped hydroelectric energy storage (PHES), is a type of hydroelectric energy storage used by electric power systems for load balancing.
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Rate (mathematics)
In mathematics, a rate is the quotient of two quantities in different units of measurement, often represented as a fraction.
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SUNY Press
The State University of New York Press (more commonly referred to as the SUNY Press) is a university press affiliated with the State University of New York system.
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The Stationery Office
The Stationery Office (TSO) is a British publishing company created in 1996 when the publishing arm of His Majesty's Stationery Office was privatised.
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Vehicle-to-grid
Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) describes a system in which plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) sell demand response services to the grid.
See Peak demand and Vehicle-to-grid
Wind farm
A wind farm or wind park, also called a wind power station or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_demand
Also known as Peak electrical power demand, Peak load.