Chinese Vocabulary

调峰填谷

peak shaving and valley filling

tiáo fēng tián gǔ

Usage & Explanation

A four-character technical term describing how pumped-storage hydropower balances electricity supply: reducing peak demand and filling low-demand periods.

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