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Base load generating plant

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-002776

Typically coal or nuclear generating units, these plants are usually committed and dispatched at constant or near-constant levels with minimum cycling. They are often the sources of lowest-cost energy when run at very high capacity factors.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-002776
FieldEnvironment
SubjectBuilt environments
ReferencesDOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Base load generating plant",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Base Load Generating Plant",
  "definition": "Typically coal or nuclear generating units, these plants are usually committed and dispatched at constant or near-constant levels with minimum cycling. They are often the sources of lowest-cost energy when run at very high capacity factors.",
  "subject": "Built environments",
  "references": [
    "DOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/base-load-generating-plant/"
}

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