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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Researchers point out that waste heat is everywhere, from computers and smartphones to power plants and factories, but most of it goes unused.
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Oct. 2025
Building or expanding power plants to generate that much electricity on Altman’s timetable indeed seems almost inconceivable.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
Cohan said that most of the new power plants in the United States and abroad utilize wind, solar and batteries but that now those plants are being put to the test.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025
The company made purchase offers on the site, near a We Energies power plant in neighboring Oak Creek, and those were contingent on the land being rezoned.
—Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 9 Oct. 2025
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Oct. 2025
Building or expanding power plants to generate that much electricity on Altman’s timetable indeed seems almost inconceivable.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
Cohan said that most of the new power plants in the United States and abroad utilize wind, solar and batteries but that now those plants are being put to the test.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025
The company made purchase offers on the site, near a We Energies power plant in neighboring Oak Creek, and those were contingent on the land being rezoned.
—Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Power plant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20plant. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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