Capacity operating hours

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The capacity operating hours of a nuclear power plant are equal to the quotient from the total capacity in a period of time and the maximum capacity of the plant. For example the capacity operating hours of various power plants for public supply in Germany in 2009 amounted to:

• Photovoltaic                                  890 h/a

• Pumped storage hydroelectric       950 h/a

• Wind                                          1,520 h/a

• Mineral oil                                   1,870 h/a

• Natural gas                                 3,150 h/a

• Run-of-river hydroelectric            3,530 h/a

• Hard coal                                   3,580 h/a

• Biomass                                     5,000 h/a

• Lignite                                        6,610 h/a

• Nuclear                                       7,710 h/a