excess supply

Drax, the owner of the hydro power station inside Ben Cruachan near Oban, had plans to expand its potential for pumped storage - a form of storing power by pumping water uphill when demand is low and there's excess supply of wind power, and then releasing water steeply downhill to generate power when demand goes up.

Nor could an excess supply of nitrogen promote phytoplankton growth -- and therefore could not ultimately give rise to eutrophication.

If the animals that feed on the seeds have a sudden excess supply, they cannot eat all of them and enough seeds will remain to develop into seedlings.

If a gene on the second X chromosome escapes Xist’s control, it will result in an excess supply of proteins, some of which could be toxic.

Inflation-hit customers have refrained from placing new orders for chips, leading to excess supply at companies such as Analog Devices after a pandemic-driven buying spree fizzled out.