Up to March 2011 it was averaging a capacity factor of 39%.

However, solar and wind plants have relatively low capacity factors.

As a result the actual capacity factor of the station is less than 5%.

There are several reasons why a plant would have a capacity factor lower than 100%.

They are among the world's most productive, with average capacity factors of 94% in the 1990s.

For commercial operation, a capacity factor of at least 35% is preferred.

Many have capacity factors, the measure of a plant's reliability, well below the national average.

The design also has an expected capacity factor of 90%.

Between 2007 and 2010, the capacity factor was around 30%.

The average capacity factor for the first five full years of operation was 27.2%.