Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
écrêtage de pointe
English translation:
peak shaving
Added to glossary by
Claire Cox
Nov 13, 2007 23:29
16 yrs ago
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French term
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Native in: English
Works in: French to English, German to English
écrêtage de pointe
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Energy / Power Generation
electricity generation
Any ideas for this expression? I've come across load levelling, but I just wanted to check if that was OK or if anyone had any better suggestions?
A ce jour 78% de l’électricité produite en France l’est par des centrales nucléaires, 11% par des énergies renouvelables qui sont très essentiellement les centrales hydrauliques, le reste étant produit par des centrales thermiques (fioul, charbon) utilisées principalement en **écrêtage de pointe**.
A ce jour 78% de l’électricité produite en France l’est par des centrales nucléaires, 11% par des énergies renouvelables qui sont très essentiellement les centrales hydrauliques, le reste étant produit par des centrales thermiques (fioul, charbon) utilisées principalement en **écrêtage de pointe**.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +2 | peak shaving |
Bourth (X)
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| 4 +1 | peak lopping |
chris collister
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References
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Michael Beijer
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peak shaving
Not 100% sure it's 100% applicable in your case, but by extension it would fit.
PEAK-SHAVING: Using sources of energy, such as natural gas from storage, to supplement the normal amounts delivered to customers during peak-use periods. Using these supplemental sources prevents pipelines from having to expand their delivery facilities just to accommodate short periods of extremely high demand.
PEAK-SHAVING FACILITY: A facility which stores natural gas to be used to supplement the normal amount of gas delivered to customers during peak-use periods.
http://www.energy.ca.gov/lng/glossary.html
PEAK-SHAVING. Reduction of the amount of electricity drawn from the utility grid during utility-designated peak time periods
http://www.ases.org/climatechange/toc/glossary.pdf
PEAK SHAVING
During times of peak demand, supplies from sources other than normal suppliers are used to reduce demand on the system – eg, storage from a salt cavern.
http://www.financewise.com/public/edit/energy/glossary/p.htm
Battery Energy Storage — Energy storage using electrochemical batteries. The three main applications for battery energy storage systems include spinning reserve at generating stations, load leveling at substations, and PEAK SHAVING on the customer side of the meter
http://www.energybible.com/wind_energy/glossary.html
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Note added at 51 mins (2007-11-14 00:20:30 GMT)
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Just as a battery or a spare supply of gas "fills the gap" when required, so costly fossil-fuel power staitions will make up the difference.
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Note added at 52 mins (2007-11-14 00:21:55 GMT)
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Ah! Try Googling "peak shaving" and "écrêtEMENT"!
PEAK-SHAVING: Using sources of energy, such as natural gas from storage, to supplement the normal amounts delivered to customers during peak-use periods. Using these supplemental sources prevents pipelines from having to expand their delivery facilities just to accommodate short periods of extremely high demand.
PEAK-SHAVING FACILITY: A facility which stores natural gas to be used to supplement the normal amount of gas delivered to customers during peak-use periods.
http://www.energy.ca.gov/lng/glossary.html
PEAK-SHAVING. Reduction of the amount of electricity drawn from the utility grid during utility-designated peak time periods
http://www.ases.org/climatechange/toc/glossary.pdf
PEAK SHAVING
During times of peak demand, supplies from sources other than normal suppliers are used to reduce demand on the system – eg, storage from a salt cavern.
http://www.financewise.com/public/edit/energy/glossary/p.htm
Battery Energy Storage — Energy storage using electrochemical batteries. The three main applications for battery energy storage systems include spinning reserve at generating stations, load leveling at substations, and PEAK SHAVING on the customer side of the meter
http://www.energybible.com/wind_energy/glossary.html
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Note added at 51 mins (2007-11-14 00:20:30 GMT)
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Just as a battery or a spare supply of gas "fills the gap" when required, so costly fossil-fuel power staitions will make up the difference.
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Note added at 52 mins (2007-11-14 00:21:55 GMT)
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Ah! Try Googling "peak shaving" and "écrêtEMENT"!
Note from asker:
| Sounds very feasible, especially with your latest brainwave... |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
David Goward
: I think "peak clipping" is also used - not sure what the difference is between "pk clipping" and "pk shaving", if any. Tony will probably be able to inform us.//Bien sûr! Only poodles are shaved!
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Peke clipping is when you have your Pekinese toiletté. See other question.//Only poodles? You've been watching the wrong films.
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Tony M
: 'clipping' is certainly used when talking at signals level, but can't say as I've personally encountered it in power generation.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Alex - and to Chris too. I think peak shaving fits best with my context."
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chris collister
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peak lopping
One usually talks about "peak lopping" when gas turbines or hydraulic storage systems are brought in to cope with a bumper edition of Coronation Street or Christmas lunch. Unlike nuclear stations, these can be fired up in a matter of minutes.
Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: I have seen both these terms used quite widely, with no obvious differentiation between them.
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Reference comments
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Michael Beijer
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
Experienced technical/patent translator
Native in: English (Variants: British, US)
Works in: Dutch to English, Flemish to English, English to Dutch, and 2 more.
Reference:
refs
see: https://iate.europa.eu/search/standard/result/byUrl/1
en:
• peak shaving
Definition: ability of market participants to reduce electricity consumption at peak hours determined by the transmission system operator
fr:
• écrêtage des pointes
• écrêtement des pointes de consommation
• écrêtement des pointes
Definition:
1) fourniture d'énergie, par exemple GNL, pour satisfaire la demande de pointe lorsque les besoins énergétiques sont très variables avec le temps
2) Toute utilisation d'une forme d'énergie stockée permettant de couvrir immédiatement les pointes de consommation à certaines heures
nl:
• piekscheren
• piekvereffening
• afscheren van de piek
• peakshaving
Definition: vermogen van marktdeelnemers om het elektriciteitsverbruik tijdens piekuren te verminderen, zoals bepaald door de transmissiesysteembeheerder
Term in context: "Door toepassing van het zogeheten piekscheren (het afschakelen van installaties van de klant tijdens landelijke piekmomenten in de elektriciteitsafname) kan aanmerkelijk worden bespaard op de inkoopkosten van een bedrijf."
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also called "peak trimming" (in a patent application I am currently translating)
en:
• peak shaving
Definition: ability of market participants to reduce electricity consumption at peak hours determined by the transmission system operator
fr:
• écrêtage des pointes
• écrêtement des pointes de consommation
• écrêtement des pointes
Definition:
1) fourniture d'énergie, par exemple GNL, pour satisfaire la demande de pointe lorsque les besoins énergétiques sont très variables avec le temps
2) Toute utilisation d'une forme d'énergie stockée permettant de couvrir immédiatement les pointes de consommation à certaines heures
nl:
• piekscheren
• piekvereffening
• afscheren van de piek
• peakshaving
Definition: vermogen van marktdeelnemers om het elektriciteitsverbruik tijdens piekuren te verminderen, zoals bepaald door de transmissiesysteembeheerder
Term in context: "Door toepassing van het zogeheten piekscheren (het afschakelen van installaties van de klant tijdens landelijke piekmomenten in de elektriciteitsafname) kan aanmerkelijk worden bespaard op de inkoopkosten van een bedrijf."
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also called "peak trimming" (in a patent application I am currently translating)
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