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Peak demand, a Common card
Peak demand on an electrical grid is the highest electrical power demand that has occurred over a specified time period.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 52
- DEF
- 32
- Power
- 84
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 5,200
Power 84 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
Peak demand quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Peak demand card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Peak demand ______ occur on daily, monthly, seasonal, and yearly cycles.
Answer
fluctuations. Peak demand fluctuations occur on daily, monthly, seasonal, and yearly cycles. From the Peak demand article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Luboš Kohoutek. Luboš Kohoutek 58 · Dakotadon 55 · Peak demand 52 · William Ball 47 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Peak demand is typically characterized as annual, daily or seasonal and has the unit of power.
- Peak demand, peak load or on-peak are terms used in energy demand management describing a period in which electrical power is expected to be provided for a sustained period at a significantly higher than average supply level.
- Peak demand fluctuations occur on daily, monthly, seasonal, and yearly cycles.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Peak demand article was read about 5,200 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 52 and blocks with 32: each hit it takes is cut by 13 %.
How to get Peak demand
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Peak demand (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jim Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
