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.

The song reached a peak of number six on November 4, 2012.

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.

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

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

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

Rewa reached its initial peak intensity as a Category 4 tropical cyclone on 2 January.

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

In its seventh week on the chart, the song reached a new peak of number 6.

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

It reached its peak of number two on October 25, 2012.

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

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

This means that the peak brightness of a comet depends significantly on its distance from the Sun.

The second highest peak is a volcano, Nevado del Ruiz, which erupted violently on November 13, 1985.

It is a fresh crater with a distinctive central peak.

The highest peak, at 1,156 metres, is Mount Liamuiga on St. Kitts.

The ward was founded on March 15, 1947 and reached a peak resident population of 370,000 in 1965.

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.

But the track record of peak oil theorists on such matters has not been impressive their predictions have steadily moved forward the date that global oil production will peak.

After seven weeks on the chart, the song the reached its peak of four.

Its ad prices reached a peak in season seven at 737,000.

The next week the song reached a new peak of 75.

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.

A rush hour or peak hour is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest.

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

The following week it climbed to a new peak of number four.

It reached its top twenty peak at number 16 on October 15, 2011 after seven weeks on the chart.

Each downward revision implies postponement of the date on which the debt GDP ratio will peak.

A peak in the number of attacks on commercial trucks used by WFP was reported in March, especially on the two major road routes into Darfur.

The civilization of Ancient Egypt rose to a peak with the Old Kingdom.

Mathiasen Mountain, a member of the Porsild Mountains, is the island's highest peak.

On December 19, 2010, the song reached a new peak of number two, where it remained for three weeks before reaching number one on January 9, 2011.

The peak ratio and the subsequent downward trajectory depend crucially on the assumed pace of economic growth.

It fluctuated in the top 20 before reaching its peak at number 11 on July 24, 2010.

But January 1980 was arguably a freak peak during a period of heightened geo political instability.

The death toll reached a peak of 7,000 in the week of 17 September.

CBR Constant bit rate a Peak Cell Rate (PCR) is specified, which is constant.

The popularity of fox hunting in Britain reached a peak during the 18th century.

International assistance tends to reach its peak in the immediate aftermath of a disaster.

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

Approaching a peak radar altitude of 96,863 feet, at 4 12 p.m., Helios is standing on top of 98 percent of the Earth's atmosphere.

The song reached its peak of number three on December 21, where it remained for four consecutive weeks.

As a result, gold can be very volatile upward and downward at the peak of a crisis.

Some petroleum experts argue that world oil production will peak in a decade or so.