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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One burning question is whether the forecasts are based on data center projects that may never get built — eliciting concern that regular ratepayers could be stuck with the bill to build unnecessary power plants and grid infrastructure at a cost of billions of dollars.
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
The new study follows on from a breakthrough in 2022, when the team found that UA induced a biological pathway that rejuvenates the cellular power plants – mitochondria – in T cells, equipping these immune cells with more cancer-fighting might.
—New Atlas, 16 Nov. 2025
Fire crews are working to contain a blaze that broke out at a decommissioned power plant in Texas City in Galveston County, Texas.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025
Future fusion power plants will rely on hydrogen isotopes, particularly tritium, which is extremely rare in nature.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Nov. 2025
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
The new study follows on from a breakthrough in 2022, when the team found that UA induced a biological pathway that rejuvenates the cellular power plants – mitochondria – in T cells, equipping these immune cells with more cancer-fighting might.
—New Atlas, 16 Nov. 2025
Fire crews are working to contain a blaze that broke out at a decommissioned power plant in Texas City in Galveston County, Texas.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025
Future fusion power plants will rely on hydrogen isotopes, particularly tritium, which is extremely rare in nature.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Nov. 2025
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“Power plant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20plant. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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