baseload

noun

base·​load ˈbās-ˌlōd 

: 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.

—Jonathan Fahey

Examples of baseload in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Unlike intermittent renewable sources such as solar and wind, nuclear reactors can provide constant baseload electricity regardless of weather conditions. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026

Vieques, a community of around 8,000, receives power from Puerto Rico’s grid via undersea cable from the main island and does not have its own source of baseload power generation. — IEEE Spectrum, 15 July 2026

Take, for example, Google's 2024 agreement with Kairos Power, which leverages small modular reactors with the goal of providing 24/7 baseload clean power. — Junaid Ali, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

These plants provided thousands of megawatts of affordable baseload power, and their closure has resulted in a supply shortage. — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2026

Word History

Etymology

base entry 1 + load entry 1

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for baseload

• afterload
• episode
• internode
• microcode
• multimode
• nematode
• nesselrode
• overflowed
• overload
• overrode
• radioed
• torpedoed