What is Base load power plant?
[[File:Taichung Thermal Power Plant.JPG|thumb|A base load power plant (coal-fired power plant) in [[Taiwan]]]] A '''base load power plant''' is a [[power station]] that usually provides a continuous supply of [[electricity]] throughout the year with some minimum [[Electricity generation|power generation]] requirement. Base load power plants will only be turned off during periodic [[maintenance]], [[Upgrade|upgrading]], [[overhaul]] or service. Base load power plant has the character of slow [[demand respond]], a mechanism to match generation with the [[Electrical load|load]] it supplies. Examples of base load power plants are [[coal-fired power plant]], [[geothermal power plant]], [[tidal power plant]], [[nuclear power plant]], etc. ==Related pages== * [[Load following power plant]] * [[Peaking power plant]] [[Category:Power plants]] {{sci-stub}} {{Geothermal power}}