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.

But by reducing your energy use, pretty much at the peak times usually when you have you air conditioning on, or other times like that this generates the peak power at the peak usage time, so it's very complementary in that sense.

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

Some observers worry that American society will become sclerotic, like Britain at the peak of its power a century ago.

With higher energy prices, many Russian officials are enjoying their renewed power.

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

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

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.

As the victorious heir to the collapsed Cold War order, the United States stood alone, undisputed, at the peak of its global power.

Increases in salaries reflect anticipated changes in post adjustment and some increase in staffing levels to handle peak activities associated with the projected demands of higher delivery levels.

Hungary The Danube river was at its peak 865 cm (28 ft 4 in) high in Budapest, Hungary, higher than the previous record of 848 cm in 2002.

Its highest peak, Ras Dashan (4550 m), is the highest peak in Ethiopia.

Certain Chinese scholars are now writing about the decline of the US, with one identifying the year 2000 as the peak of American power.

He attributes, debatably, the entire problem to higher carbon emissions from cars, power plants, etc.

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

The higher frequency Ku band systems tend to resemble DBS systems and can use a smaller dish antenna because of the higher power transmissions and greater antenna gain.

Unfortunately, there is enough cheap coal around to power ever higher emissions for at least another century.

Well, I think out ahead of us a few decades is peak gas, and beyond that, peak renewables.

As a result, real power is usually transmitted from the bus with higher voltage angle to the bus with lower voltage angle, and reactive power is usually transmitted from the bus with higher voltage magnitude to the bus with lower voltage magnitude.

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.

After 1979, fears about limits to growth and nuclear power ebbed. Oil prices gradually fell, and the stock market began its long climb towards its peak in 2000.

It is the second highest peak in the Alaska Range, and the third highest peak in the United States.

By raising the bargaining power of agricultural labor, the act s passage has led to higher farm wages, greater purchasing power for the rural poor, and lower distress migration.

Currently, there are plans to renovate some older units of the Narva Power Plants, establish new power stations, and provide higher efficiency in oil shale based energy production.

Not until the great Powers are able to establish a higher cause of peace and common prosperity in the global order will the tension between power and higher cause be defused.

The highest peak is the Peak of Speleologists () but the dominant summit is a typical pyramidal horn of the Arabika Mount ().

Large geomagnetic storms are most common during the peak of the eleven year sunspot cycle or during the three years after the peak.

This approach allows higher consumer electricity prices to be phased in gradually, yet establishes strong, immediate incentives for adopting solar power.

The Middle Eastern uprisings have pushed oil prices higher, eating up consumer purchasing power while raising input prices for many producers.

The office of Governor General had more administrative power and was in a higher position than the previous office of Governor.

because the real peak is hidden around the corner.

This is about 1990 peak of the crack epidemic.

Zimbabwe faced 231 million percent peak hyperinflation in 2008.

The average reduction was 40 since the national peak.

So about seven years, eight years to reach your peak, and then gradually you fall off your peak, until you go back to the starting point.

And increasing rewards for those at the increasingly sharp peak of the income distribution have not called forth enough enterprising market competition to erode that peak.

While a rising birth rate is contributing to current population growth, it remains considerably below the 'baby boom' peak of 2.95 children per woman in 1964, below the replacement rate of 2.1, but higher than the 2001 record low of 1.63.

Employees have suffered wage cuts, but prices have not declined accordingly, so their loss of purchasing power is higher than it should be.

But when he reached the mountain peak, he found the peak covered with countless flags of world conquerors before him, each one claiming 'I was here first' ...

Some who believe in the imminence of peak oil consider these barriers essentially irrelevant, arguing that their removal would merely delay the peak for a few years.

They show their peak activity just before the winter season.

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

Under Emperor Diocletian, the persecution of Christians reached its peak.

It is a fresh crater with a distinctive central peak.