The Makayda Energy Blog
Insights on clean energy, disciplined execution, and building for the long term.
At Makayda Energy, we believe in timeless ideas—drawn from the fields of renewable energy, entrepreneurship, and our own journey as developers. Each post shares lessons from real-world experience, reflections on clean power’s future, or principles that guide how we work.
Whether you're a landowner, investor, policymaker, or simply curious, you’ll find stories here worth reading—and revisiting.
What is Capacity Factor? A Beginner's Guide
This comprehensive blog post explores the fundamental question, "What is capacity factor?" by delving into its significance, varied impacts on electricity generation across different power sources, and its role in energy economics, covering aspects such as solar power, diverse types, calculation methods, influencing factors, and the crucial distinctions from metrics like utilization rate and efficiency, providing readers with a thorough understanding of this pivotal metric shaping the landscape of energy generation and integration.