power plant
noun
1
: an electric utility generating station
2
: an engine and related parts supplying the motive power of a self-propelled object (such as a rocket or automobile)
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Below deck, the power plant can crank out 198 kWe for sensors and weapon systems – that's twice the payload space and electrical power of a comparable autonomous vessel.
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New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2025
Experts agree that the state’s broad authority to regulate pollution from power plants, refineries and other stationary sources under its own climate laws would remain intact, even if the Endangerment Finding were rescinded.
—Chaewon Chung
updated September 25, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
This would be followed by a pilot power plant, Infinity Two, intended to produce 350 megawatts of electricity for the grid.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
But not all super polluters are not all power plants or oil refineries — for example, in Boston as well as Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, domestic shipping in and out of harbors qualifies as a super polluter.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
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New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2025
Experts agree that the state’s broad authority to regulate pollution from power plants, refineries and other stationary sources under its own climate laws would remain intact, even if the Endangerment Finding were rescinded.
—Chaewon Chung
updated September 25, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
This would be followed by a pilot power plant, Infinity Two, intended to produce 350 megawatts of electricity for the grid.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
But not all super polluters are not all power plants or oil refineries — for example, in Boston as well as Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, domestic shipping in and out of harbors qualifies as a super polluter.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Power plant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20plant. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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