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--- luminous:glossary [2008-02-23 13:13] – takufoam
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 **Balance of System** (components): the complete system minus the modules.
-**Base load electricity:** the smallest amount of electricity consumed by a utility's customers. Base load is provided **Clean energies:** Clean describes any energy source the exploitation of which does not generate significant amounts of pollution, and therefore negatively impact the health of human populations and the biosphere as a whole.
+**Base load electricity:** the smallest amount of electricity consumed by a utility's customers. Base load is provided by slow-to-start, relatively inexpensive-to-operate generators, while peak-load is provided by quickly dispatchable sources.
+**Clean energies:** Clean describes any energy source the exploitation of which does not generate significant amounts of pollution, and therefore negatively impact the health of human populations and the biosphere as a whole.
 **Current:** flow. In a river, the current is usually strongest near the center where the river is deepest. In electrical terms, current means the electrons flowing through a conductor, and is measured in amperes, one amp meaning 6.02x1023 electrons.
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 Sources:
-[[www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/photovoltaics.html]]
+www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/photovoltaics.html
-[[www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/solar_glossary.html]]
+www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/solar_glossary.html
 www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/SOLAR/IRRADIANCE/irrad.html