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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Datacenters rely on water-intensive cooling to keep servers functional, while the power plants that supply their electricity often demand additional freshwater for generation.
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Michaela Rychetska, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2025
The conservative court likewise said Biden could not extend an eviction moratorium tied to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Environmental Protection Agency could not regulate power plant emissions that contribute to climate change.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
The company’s generators are only a few miles from a historically Black neighborhood already considered a toxic air pollution hot spot because of more than a dozen polluting facilities nearby, including a steel plant, a refinery and power plant.
—Taylor Kate Brown, ProPublica, 17 Sep. 2025
The first real push came in 2009, when the Norwegian company Statkraft built one of the world’s first prototype osmotic power plants.
—New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025
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Michaela Rychetska, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2025
The conservative court likewise said Biden could not extend an eviction moratorium tied to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Environmental Protection Agency could not regulate power plant emissions that contribute to climate change.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
The company’s generators are only a few miles from a historically Black neighborhood already considered a toxic air pollution hot spot because of more than a dozen polluting facilities nearby, including a steel plant, a refinery and power plant.
—Taylor Kate Brown, ProPublica, 17 Sep. 2025
The first real push came in 2009, when the Norwegian company Statkraft built one of the world’s first prototype osmotic power plants.
—New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Power plant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20plant. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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