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Capacity factor

Term · Energy · MLC-T-ENE-000219

The ratio of the electrical energy produced by a generating unit for the period of time considered to the electrical energy that could have been produced at continuous full power operation during the same period.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENE-000219
FieldEnergy
ReferencesEIA Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENE-000219",
  "term": "Capacity factor",
  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "The ratio of the electrical energy produced by a generating unit for the period of time considered to the electrical energy that could have been produced at continuous full power operation during the same period.",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/capacity-factor/"
}

Record 219 of 2,515 in Energy terminology (MLC-0117). Request the full dataset.