capacity factor

noun [C]

Definition

› PRODUCTION a measure of the relationship between the amount a machine or factory produces and the amount it could produce if it operated as effectively as possible: The capacity factor of energy delivered by wind turbines is assumed to be 35%.

(Definition of capacity factor noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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