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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Our panelists will share the latest on some of the most promising developments in clean energy, such as the rapid growth of renewable sources and battery energy storage on the electric grid and the role of virtual power plants to help meet peaks of energy demand.
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Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Honeycomb Real Estate Partners and Grava Properties are proposing to clear the nearly 4-acre overground lot near the Connecticut River where the carpet mill’s former power plant once stood.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 8 Aug. 2025
Nationwide, a Department of Energy study during the Biden administration forecast that VPP capacity could reach up to 160 gigawatts by 2030, essentially negating the need for dozens of new fossil fuel power plants, with no emissions and at a far lower cost.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2025
To erase that fact from the public record is to eliminate the government’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from any sources, whether cars or power plants, along with any incentive to encourage solar, wind and nuclear energy and other climate-friendly production methods.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
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Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Honeycomb Real Estate Partners and Grava Properties are proposing to clear the nearly 4-acre overground lot near the Connecticut River where the carpet mill’s former power plant once stood.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 8 Aug. 2025
Nationwide, a Department of Energy study during the Biden administration forecast that VPP capacity could reach up to 160 gigawatts by 2030, essentially negating the need for dozens of new fossil fuel power plants, with no emissions and at a far lower cost.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2025
To erase that fact from the public record is to eliminate the government’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from any sources, whether cars or power plants, along with any incentive to encourage solar, wind and nuclear energy and other climate-friendly production methods.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Power plant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20plant. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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