| 11. | Mainframe platforms where tape is used as both a backup and base load storage medium.
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| 12. | Hydro is load following and managing the peaks, with some response from base load thermal.
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| 13. | Peak demand refers to fluctuating, or varying, needs for electricity above and beyond base load levels.
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| 14. | The "'Nimbus Dam "'is a base load hydroelectric dam on the American River near Folsom, California.
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| 15. | Base load power plants operate at maximum output.
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| 16. | Hydro is load following and managing the peaks, with some response from base load thermal . ]]
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| 17. | Consequently, salt caverns cannot hold the large volumes of gas necessary to meet base load storage requirements.
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| 18. | It was designed as a base load plant, and generated about 10 TWh per year until 1992.
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| 19. | Using thermal energy storage systems, solar thermal operating periods can be extended to meet base load needs.
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| 20. | Base load power plants ( conventional coal or nuclear facilities ) take hours or days to start up.
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