energy needs

Fuel consumption demands

Energy needs refers to the amount of fuel, power, or calories required to sustain a process or entity.

A country's energy needs determine how much electricity, oil, and gas it must produce or import.

A person's energy needs are the calories required to maintain bodily functions: Athletes have greater energy needs than sedentary people.

The phrase often appears in discussions of sustainability, diet, or resource planning.

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power · power grid · consumption · demand · requirements · sustenance · electricity · hunger · metabolism · appetite · fatigue · resources · supply · nourishment · stamina · exhaustion · watts · grid

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supply vs. demand

energy needsenergy supply

Available fuel or electricity

energy production · energy generation · power supply · energy output · power generation

deficit vs. surplus

energy needsenergy reserves

Accumulated power supply

spare capacity · stored energy

dependence vs. independence

energy needsenergy independence

Generating power domestically

excess capacity · energy security · overcapacity

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energy, needs, energies, energetic, energetically, energize, energized, energizing, energizer

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