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Originally Posted by DoubleK
It's not theoretical. That will be the installed capacity at August 1st.
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It's called a "nameplate" value which means it's a maximum capacity production value. Most production oriented systems (could be oil and gas, electrical transmission, vehicles, etc...) have a so-called nameplate or maximum production amount. This amount *assumes* key performance-related inputs and efficiencies are met resulting in a theoretical maximum capacity.
Don't mistake capacity for actual reasonable production, which was why I included those other links where you can see that the majority of production rarely meets installed capacity or is able to reach and sustain a higher-efficiency at steady state. Especially when it comes to solar and wind.