: the amount of power made available by an energy producer (such as a power plant) to meet fundamental demands by consumers
—often used before another noun
baseload power
Wind and solar have the drag of unreliability. Unless attached to costly batteries they are useless for meeting baseload demand.—
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While significant advances have been made in renewable energy, these are still insufficient to provide stable baseload power.
—Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2024
Meanwhile, more than 70 million tons per year in baseload LNG export capacity is currently under construction in the U.S., according to a fresh report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
—Breanne Deppisch, Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2024
Not only are electricity supplies in some regions beneath the levels deemed necessary for power reliability, thereby posing a risk to data centers, but the Environmental Protection Agency is trying to force the shutdown of baseload coal plants as well.
—Mark J. Perry, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
System costs, for example, are much lower for nuclear since the cost for intermittent renewables to meet baseload demand is significant.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 11 Feb. 2024
Bitcoin miners provide a unique source of baseload demand which can be quickly curtailed to free up electricity for other users on the grid.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2024
And unlike most other clean energy sources, there’s no attendant call for battery storage or other baseload solutions that could balance out the intermittency of this new energy source across the power lines.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Nov. 2023
To be clean and reliable, the grid will also need to include power plants that can provide baseload power, such as new nuclear or geothermal generators.
—Kassia Yanosek, Foreign Affairs, 29 Nov. 2023
As a geothermal plant, Project Red is, by design, baseload power.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Nov. 2023
Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2024
Meanwhile, more than 70 million tons per year in baseload LNG export capacity is currently under construction in the U.S., according to a fresh report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
—Breanne Deppisch, Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2024
Not only are electricity supplies in some regions beneath the levels deemed necessary for power reliability, thereby posing a risk to data centers, but the Environmental Protection Agency is trying to force the shutdown of baseload coal plants as well.
—Mark J. Perry, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
System costs, for example, are much lower for nuclear since the cost for intermittent renewables to meet baseload demand is significant.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 11 Feb. 2024
Bitcoin miners provide a unique source of baseload demand which can be quickly curtailed to free up electricity for other users on the grid.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2024
And unlike most other clean energy sources, there’s no attendant call for battery storage or other baseload solutions that could balance out the intermittency of this new energy source across the power lines.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Nov. 2023
To be clean and reliable, the grid will also need to include power plants that can provide baseload power, such as new nuclear or geothermal generators.
—Kassia Yanosek, Foreign Affairs, 29 Nov. 2023
As a geothermal plant, Project Red is, by design, baseload power.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Nov. 2023
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“Baseload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baseload. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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