peaker plant
peaker plant · peaker plants
An electric power station used only for, or mostly for, peaking: rapidly generating…An electric power station used only for, or mostly for, peaking: rapidly generating power to prevent brownouts when demand rapidly increases, exceeding supply and the ability of baseload power generation stations to ramp up the supply of electricity.
Meaning
1 sensesAn electric power station used only for, or mostly for, peaking: rapidly generating power to prevent brownouts when demand rapidly increases, exceeding supply and the ability of baseload power generation stations to ramp up the supply of electricity.
Origin
From peak + plant.From peak + plant.
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Forms
plural: peaker plants| Singular | peaker plant |
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Synonyms
1 synonymspeaker[Appendix:Glossary
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedhydropeaking