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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Even as Russia attacks power plants, grids, and neighborhoods, Ukraine’s energy system has endured and adapted, becoming a decentralized network that keeps homes lit, factories running, and morale intact.
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Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Apart from decimating hundreds of species, the construction of an airport, a power plant, a ship repair yard, and a township will also cut off the tiny Shompen tribe from much of their habitat.
—M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing rolling back what's known as the endangerment finding, the basis for rules regulating climate pollution, including from coal and gas-fired power plants, cars and trucks, and methane from the oil and gas industry.
—Julia Simon, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
Sara Blackhurst, president and CEO of Action Colorado, was on an advisory committee of community members that recommended Xcel consider small, modular nuclear reactors and a natural gas plant that would capture carbon emissions to replace the Comanche power plant.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2025
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Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Apart from decimating hundreds of species, the construction of an airport, a power plant, a ship repair yard, and a township will also cut off the tiny Shompen tribe from much of their habitat.
—M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing rolling back what's known as the endangerment finding, the basis for rules regulating climate pollution, including from coal and gas-fired power plants, cars and trucks, and methane from the oil and gas industry.
—Julia Simon, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
Sara Blackhurst, president and CEO of Action Colorado, was on an advisory committee of community members that recommended Xcel consider small, modular nuclear reactors and a natural gas plant that would capture carbon emissions to replace the Comanche power plant.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Power plant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20plant. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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