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Baseload

The minimum amount of power an electrical or other utility company must put out in a 24-hour time period to meet estimated demand from its customers. Many companies designate baseload power plants to put out only the baseload because it is less expensive and often safer. These companies also maintain other plants to provide for higher demand as it arises.
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He said MGreen's plans were aligned with MGen's growth aspirations, which-aside from the new focus on renewables-continued to push for the use of high-efficiency, low-emission (HELE) technology for baseload power plants or facilities that run round the clock.
"This coming winter, following the closure of a number of coal plants, we are 10% down on baseload capacity compared to last winter when the spare margin on the grid was already very low.
23 November 2015 - US-based Baseload Clean Energy Partners (BCEP), a clean energy portfolio owned and operated by geothermal power company AltaRock Energy, has acquired California geothermal power plant Bottle Rock Power LLC, BCEP said.
THOSE in favour of Wylfa B often say that "baseload power" is essential for keeping the lights on.
The Chilean government has granted environmental approval to SolarReserve, a company involved in baseload solar power solutions and advanced solar thermal technology, to develop a major solar project with energy storage.
Headquartered in Novi, MI, Aria Energy provides baseload renewable energy to utilities and other customers across the United States.
Using this approach, all plants with generation capacity factors less than 0.2 are considered non-baseload generation plants, and those with capacity factors greater than 0.8 are considered baseload plants.
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