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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The success of STEP in demonstrating this commercial viability will pave the way for the development of a fleet of fusion power plants around the world.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 14 Dec. 2025
Risk to investors The risk is that electric infrastructure such as power plants, transmission lines and transformers will be built for speculative data centers that either do not materialize or use less electricity than anticipated, Rhodes said.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025
In September, 2022, Rafael Mariano Grossi, an elegant Argentinean diplomat with tousled salt-and-pepper hair, led a convoy of nuclear experts toward the sprawling Zaporizhzhia power plant, in southeast Ukraine, which had been seized by Russia in the early days of its invasion.
—Robin Wright, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
That might be sufficient proof for the regulator to approve charging customers for the costs of building a new power plant.
—Theodore J. Kury, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 14 Dec. 2025
Risk to investors The risk is that electric infrastructure such as power plants, transmission lines and transformers will be built for speculative data centers that either do not materialize or use less electricity than anticipated, Rhodes said.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025
In September, 2022, Rafael Mariano Grossi, an elegant Argentinean diplomat with tousled salt-and-pepper hair, led a convoy of nuclear experts toward the sprawling Zaporizhzhia power plant, in southeast Ukraine, which had been seized by Russia in the early days of its invasion.
—Robin Wright, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
That might be sufficient proof for the regulator to approve charging customers for the costs of building a new power plant.
—Theodore J. Kury, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for power plant
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“Power plant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20plant. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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