In terms of energy use, peak demand describes a period of simultaneous, strong consumer demand or a period of highest demand in a billing period.

Peak load Peak demand, peak load or on peak are terms used in energy demand management describing a period in which electrical power is expected to be provided for a sustained period at a significantly higher than average supply level.

Off peak Peak demand is considered to be the opposite to off peak hours when power demand is usually low.

Peak demand is used to refer to a historically high point in the sales record of a particular product.

Natural gas fueled power stations can be fired up rapidly and are therefore often utilized at peak demand times.

The peak to peak voltage, being twice this, is about 340 volts.

When an occasional peak at one duty station coincides with a low period at another, staff loans take place to make more efficient use of the resources available.

Indeed, some highly indebted firms capital chains may well rupture in the next two years, when they reach their peak period for debt repayment.

There has been an increasing demand for funds during the current mandate period.

High Noon in the Middle East

A similar calculation indicates that the peak to peak mains voltage in Europe is about 650 volts.

And so, 25 years ago, there was a peak oil just like, in the 1920s, there was a peak coal and a hundred years before that, there was a peak wood.

In Europe, the biennium 2006 2007 requires a consolidation of ongoing projects in the areas of demand reduction and counter narcotics enforcement.

At Napoli, Maradona reached the peak of his professional career.

It is a fresh crater with a distinctive central peak.

But, during a period of weak domestic demand, structural reforms might actually exacerbate short term problems.

The normal three kinds of light sensitive photoreceptor cells in the human eye (cone cells) respond most to yellow (long wavelength or L), green (medium or M), and violet (short or S) light (peak wavelengths near 570 nm, 540 nm and 440 nm, respectively).

The story is set in the Yukon during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush a period in which strong sled dogs were in high demand.

This is about 1990 peak of the crack epidemic.

Because I always view music as the pinnacle of hearing.

The reason is simple the pre crisis period of consuming capital gains that turned out to be at least partly ephemeral inevitably led to a post crisis period of inhibited spending, diminished demand, and higher unemployment.

(b) To consider the need to invite experts to support the work of the Committee at its third meeting and in the intersessional period leading up to it.

He informed the Commission that, given the volume and nature of the data contained in the submission, the Subcommission would require additional time for the consideration of that submission and possibly intersessional meetings.

The peak of this convexity is at the level of the third lumbar vertebra (L3).

This century marked the height of Classical Greek civilization in all of its aspects.

The climatological peak of activity is around September 11 each season.

Not only will battery powered vehicles draw power from the electricity grid during recharging, but, when parked, they can also feed additional power back into the grid during periods of peak demand.

By early September 2012, the core had reached a height of .

At the height of the most prosperous season in the Opera's history, the management suddenly resign.

Not this time. The record plunge in consumer demand during the Great Recession has been followed by persistently subpar consumption growth.

US airlines have used the lull in demand for their services to reorganize both their equipment and personnel, much like the railways in the 1930 s.

Again, higher prices will ration global oil demand, but only after a period of economic pain in some regions around the world.

An increasing demand for funds has been noticed during the mandate period, although financial sources required by warlords to fund their operations remain basically the same.

The high point of this era was reached at the peak of the Gandhara style.

Peak time The peak time is the time required for the response to reach the first peak of the overshoot.

At that point, the Moon's zenith was approximately southwest of the Galápagos Islands.

The Khojaly massacre was the culmination of hostilities against the civilian population.

Over most of the postwar period, this post recession release of pent up consumer demand has been a powerful source of support for economic recovery.

The idea was that it would not be necessary to submit the application form more than once per educational stage, in other words three times during the total period of schooling.

In a sense, the Conservative Liberal coalition represents a culmination of this trend.

Chronologically, the black and white sequences come first, the color sequences come next.

The novel uses a style of Socratic dialogue to deconstruct the notion that humans are the pinnacle of biological evolution.

The period of the Second World War saw the peak of the campaigns by the Quit India movement (led by Mahatma Gandhi) and the Indian National Army (INA) movement (led by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose) and others, eventually resulting in the withdrawal of the British.

At the peak of its population, the colony can reach a size of 700 workers, which occurs in late summer.

The new runway has a more durable concrete surface, and opened in time for the peak of the FedEx shipping season.