generating plant

Cultural  

1. An installation that produces electric current (see also current) for commercial sale. In the United States, most electricity is generated from fossil fuels; some is generated by nuclear reactors.

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Example Sentences

Like a generating plant, plants and animals also must take in energy from the environment and convert it into a form that their cells can use.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The United States said on Monday that it would supply Romania with a training simulator in preparation for building a new type of nuclear power generating plant in the country.

From New York Times • May 23, 2022

In September 1963, President John F. Kennedy stood behind a podium in front of more than 30,000 people in south central Washington to break ground on the most powerful fission-heated generating plant of its time.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2021

Florida Power & Light imploded the towering chimney stack of its last coal-fired generating plant on Wednesday, a milestone in its transition to cleaner energy sources.

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2021

The "Incanto" generating plant made by this firm consists of a rising bell gasholder which acts mainly on an equaliser.

From Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power by Leeds, F. H. (Frank Henley)