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• Demand response — This article is about the electrical concept. For the transport concept, see Demand responsive transport. A clothes dryer using a demand response switch to reduce peak demand In electricity grids, demand response (DR) is similar to dynamic demand …   Wikipedia

• Peak uranium — is the point in time that the maximum global uranium production rate is reached. After that peak, the rate of production enters a terminal decline. While Uranium is used in nuclear weapons, its primary use is for energy generation via nuclear… …   Wikipedia

• Peak demand — is used to refer to a historically high point in the sales record of a particular product. In terms of energy use, peak demand describes a period of strong consumer demand. Contents 1 Peak load 1.1 Off peak 1.2 Response …   Wikipedia

• Peak copper — is the point in time at which the maximum global copper production rate is reached, after which, according to theory, the production rate will enter terminal decline. Copper is among the most important industrial metals. Like fossil fuels, copper …   Wikipedia

• Peak wheat — is the concept that agricultural production, due to its high use of energy inputs [IFDC, World Fertilizer Prices Soar, http://www.ifdc.org/i wfp021908.pdf] , is subject to the same profile as oil and gas production. [Peak Oil, Peak Gold, How… …   Wikipedia

• Peak-load pricing — is a pricing technique applied to public goods, which is a particular case of a Lindahl equilibrium. Instead of different demands for the same public good, we consider the demands for a public good in different periods of the day, month or year,… …   Wikipedia

• Demand destruction — is an economic term used to describe a permanent downward shift in the demand curve in the direction of lower demand of a commodity such as energy products, induced by a prolonged period of high prices or constrained supply. In the context of the …   Wikipedia

• Peak power — is the maximum level of work or energy output that is measured during an observation period.See also: Power Physics Exercise physiologists measure peak power in their evaluation of human energy generating capacities.Peak power also refers to the… …   Wikipedia

• peak — ► NOUN 1) the pointed top of a mountain. 2) a mountain with a pointed top. 3) a stiff brim at the front of a cap. 4) the point of highest activity, achievement, intensity, etc. ► VERB ▪ reach a highest point or maximum. ► ADJECTIVE …   English terms dictionary

• Peak oil — A logistic distribution shaped production curve, as originally suggested by M. King Hubbert in 1956 …   Wikipedia

• Peak gas — Further information: Gas depletion and Hubbert peak theory Peak gas is the point in time at which the maximum global natural gas production rate is reached, after which the rate of production enters its terminal decline.[1] Natural gas… …   Wikipedia