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Equation 7 · Part 2 · Power Density and What It Permits

subscript

CdC_d
subscript

What this part means

The lower label selects a particular version, component, or indexed member of the quantity. For example, x₀ and xₜ can be values at different positions.

Its job in the formula

A subscript distinguishes a version, component, step, or member of a quantity. It does not automatically mean multiplication.

The passage around this formula

The first factor, capacity density CdC_d , is a siting and engineering question; the second is a resource and dispatch question. Miller and Keith’s US measurements make the separation visible: they report 2016 mean capacity factors of 32.9 per cent for wind and 22.1 per cent for solar, with 90th-percentile values of 43 and 27.5 per cent, alongside power densities that are not in the same ratio at all [ 4 ] . A technology can improve its capacity factor for years without moving its power density, and the reverse. Van Zalk and Behrens found solar the only one of nine energy types with a statistically significant trend in power density over time, rising an estimated 0.42 watts per square metre…

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Learn the underlying idea

A subscript is a label attached below a symbol. It often selects a time step, component, category, or member of a sequence.

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