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Federation Batteries and Fusion Power
The whole of the evidence suggests that the Federation produced gigajoule-capacity batteries roughly the size of a C cell in the 23rd century, and shrank these to the size of a fingertip by the 24th century.

This approaches closely the power-per-unit-volume of deuterium-deuterium fusion, explaining why rechargable batteries are in use when coin-sized fusion reactors are available.

Antimatter Engines


Borg, Life Support, and Civilian Requirements
Life support power requirements - very low in real life - are treated as if they are significant drains on starships' power.

Nowhere is this more pronounced - or justifiable - than the Borg. A Borg regeneration alcove draws 30 megawatts. Amplify this by a full planet of 30 billion Borg, and it is easy to justify a Borg planet requiring an exawatt simply for the maintainence and replacement of its civilian population.