How to Use baseload in a Sentence

baseload

noun

• Solar plants and wind farms do not address baseload power.
  — March 8, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
• South Fork, our first offshore wind project, runs baseload power most of the time.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
• This is known as baseload cycling, and its cost ranges from $2 to $23 per megawatt-hour.
  — Randy Simmons, Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2015
• And the race has been on to find a suitable baseload fuel to supplement wind and solar.
  — Kirk Siegler, NPR, 8 May 2024
• At the end of this, adoption by consumers only occurs if baseload power is cheap.
  — Mark Le Dain, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
• That means energy sources must be baseload—always on, unlike solar or wind.
  — Bill Frist, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
• The big problem was the loss of power from conventional baseload power plants.
  — Robert Rapier, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021
• Transmission is a band-aid, the core problem is the lack of in-state clean, firm, baseload generation.
  — Alex Pavlak, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2025
• As a geothermal plant, Project Red is, by design, baseload power.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Nov. 2023
• Which proponents of the law say are necessary in order to provide stable baseload power to the grid.
  — Dave Forest, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2017
• Coal and natural gas plants that once provided steady, affordable baseload power have been retired in droves.
  — Derrick Hollie, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
• Moreover, claims by countries such as Kenya that coal is needed for baseload power are unconvincing.
  — The Economist, 27 July 2019
• Most experts agree that baseload power that can be turned on 24/7 is necessary moving forward.
  — WIRED, 3 Aug. 2023
• But these energy sources, on their own, won’t be able to replace baseload fossil fuel generation.
  — Julius Cesar Trajano, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
• In general, solar and wind can fulfil load following but cannot provide baseload or inertia.
  — The Week Uk, theweek, 16 June 2024
• These utilities own their big baseload power plants and control the distribution network.
  — David Wagman, IEEE Spectrum, 27 July 2018
• Is the public then ready for fusion energy, which could supply the world with affordable, abundant, safe and clean baseload power?
  — Wal Van Lierop, Forbes, 25 May 2021
• 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
• Their short-term energy needs require a natural gas baseload in most of Western Europe.
  — Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 4 May 2022
• Efficient algorithms cannot bypass the need for copper, transformers, and baseload power.
  — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
• However, tech leaders such as Amazon and Nvidia have since said the need for baseload power is continuing to grow at a quick pace.
  — Pippa Stevens, CNBC, 7 May 2025
• The primary driver is the demand for reliable baseload power to fuel data centers.
  — Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
• Natural gas can provide residential heating and serves as baseload in countries like the US.
  — Baker Institute, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
• Unlike wind or solar, SMRs provide reliable baseload power and heat.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
• The very nature of baseload energy is a topic that's debated within the energy industry.
  — Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, 30 Sep. 2017
• Nuclear supplies baseload power — and lots of it — without emitting any greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
  — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2025
• Data centers need 24/7 reliable power, and right now nuclear is the only source of emissions-free baseload power.
  — Pippa Stevens, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2024
• 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
• Gas plants provide baseload support, peaking capacity and backup for intermittent sources.
  — Bryce Erickson, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
• Nuclear power provides carbon-free baseload power but faces challenges of public acceptance, cost, and permitting.
  — Robert G. Eccles, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025