peaker plants

A form of peaker plant — An electric power station used only for, or mostly for, peaking: rapidly generating power to prevent brownouts when demand rapidly increases, exceeding supply and the ability of baseload power generation stations to ramp up the supply of electricity.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of peaker plant
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