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This permit allows for up to 800 megawatts electric (MWe) of nuclear power and followed a thorough environmental and safety review that remains valid through 2039.
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Daniel Stout, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Aug. 2025
There are lakes, orchards, enormous windmills and, far in the distance, the Schwarze Pumpe power station, an 800 megawatt electric power plant that burns lignite coal.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
The microgrid in Nevada where GM batteries are currently in use, for example, can deliver 12 megawatts of power at any instant, and the total capacity of the site is 63-megawatt hours, the company said.
—Jackie Charniga, Freep.com, 2 Aug. 2025
More than 9,000 megawatts of coal capacity will retire or convert to gas in 2025 alone.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2025
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Daniel Stout, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Aug. 2025
There are lakes, orchards, enormous windmills and, far in the distance, the Schwarze Pumpe power station, an 800 megawatt electric power plant that burns lignite coal.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
The microgrid in Nevada where GM batteries are currently in use, for example, can deliver 12 megawatts of power at any instant, and the total capacity of the site is 63-megawatt hours, the company said.
—Jackie Charniga, Freep.com, 2 Aug. 2025
More than 9,000 megawatts of coal capacity will retire or convert to gas in 2025 alone.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2025
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“Megawatt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/megawatt. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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megawatt
noun
mega·watt
ˈmeg-ə-ˌwät 
: one million watts
—abbreviation MW
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