Oct 21, 2026 | Policy & Regulations, Renewable Energy, Smartgrids
Load factor is your average electricity demand divided by your peak demand over a period — a number between zero and one. A 24/7 data centre runs about 0.88; a restaurant about 0.32. It is the single figure that predicts how much of an electricity bill is demand...
Sep 15, 2026 | Policy & Regulations, Renewable Energy
The levelized cost of energy, or LCOE, is a single number: a power plant’s total lifetime cost divided by the total electricity it produces over its life, usually quoted in dollars per megawatt-hour. It is the most-cited figure in energy — and the most misused....
Sep 12, 2026 | Renewable Energy, Smartgrids
A power plant’s capacity factor is the share of its theoretical maximum output it actually delivers over a year. It is also why the grid’s headline numbers mislead. In 2025, US nuclear plants supplied about 18% of the country’s electricity from just...
Aug 15, 2026 | Renewable Energy, Smartgrids
A peaker plant is a power station built to sit idle. It earns its keep by running a few hours a year, on the evenings when demand spikes and everything cheaper is already maxed out — and that scarcity is exactly why it produces the most expensive electricity on the...
