Sentences with phrase «full nameplate capacity»

The net capacity factor of a power plant is the ratio of its actual output over a period of time, to its potential output if it were possible for it to operate at full nameplate capacity indefinitely.

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However, it is that efficient at only a narrow range (5 - 10 mph) of wind speeds midway between the cut - in speed (when the turbine starts to spin) and the «rated» speed (when the turbine generates at is full, or nameplate, capacity, e.g., a 2 - MW turbine generating at 2 MW).