Sentences with phrase «peak capacity contribution»

And while turbines along the Gulf Coast represent only 13 % of the state's total wind, these make up 40 % of the state's wind's peak capacity contribution, as «coastal» wind tends to produce more in the late afternoon and evening.

ERCOT is expecting another 387 MW of additional utility - scale solar to come online by summer, and given the higher peak capacity contribution this will be the largest contributor to meeting peak demand in the next four months.

Not exact matches

In South Australia, for example, a figure of 3 per cent of installed wind capacity is used to represent the contribution to overall generation supply at times of peak demand; 8 per cent is used in Victoria.