Full load hour

Full Load hour is a measure of the degree of utilisation of a technical system.[1][2][3] Full load hours refer to the time for which a plant would have to be operated at nominal power in order to convert the same amount of electrical work as the plant has actually converted within a defined period of time, during which breaks in operation or partial load operation can also occur. The figure usually refers to a period of one calendar year and is mainly applied to power plants.

The annual utilisation rate or capacity factor derived from the number of full-load hours is the relative full-load utilisation in a year, i.e. the number of full-load hours divided by 8760 hours, the number of hours in a year with 365 days.

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