Peak demand on an electrical grid is the highest electrical power demand that has occurred over a specified time period (Gönen 2008). Peak demand is typically...

such as peak period network congestion or high prices". In 2010, demand response was defined as a reduction in demand designed to reduce peak demand or avoid...

goal of demand-side management is to encourage the consumer to use less energy during peak hours, or to move the time of energy use to off-peak times such...

fuel-efficient forms of travel (trains, waterways) may help reduce oil demand. Peak oil is very closely related to the concept of oil depletion; while global...

are power plants that generally run only when there is a high demand, known as peak demand, for electricity. Because they supply power only occasionally...

current market demands. It usually entails raising prices during periods of peak demand and lowering prices during periods of low demand. As a pricing...

production over the course of a day that shows the timing imbalance between peak demand and solar power generation. The graph resembles a sitting duck, and thus...

range. Peak demand for 2006 was 27,005 megawatts. This is the peak demand as of December 2009. Peak demand for 2007 was 25,737 megawatts. Peak demand for...

The graph of the demand over time is called the demand curve. Baseload is the minimum load on the grid over any given period, peak demand is the maximum...

off-peak in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Off-peak may refer to: Off-peak demand, the opposite of peak demand Off-peak hours, the opposite of peak hours...