賦ふ存ぞん量りょう

noun

reserves; potential capacity

Technical term used in energy and resource contexts for the estimated total amount of a resource that exists in a given area, whether extractable (oil, gas) or harnessable (wind, solar).

• 日に本ほんの風ふう力りょく発はつ電でんの賦ふ存ぞん量りょうは大おおきいが、実じっ際さいの開かい発はつは進すすんでいない。

  Japan's potential capacity for wind power is large, but actual development has not progressed.

• この地ち域いきの天てん然ねんガスの賦ふ存ぞん量りょうはまだ正せい確かくに把は握あくされていない。

  The reserves of natural gas in this region have not yet been accurately assessed.