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

The solar plant also is sited next to a soon-to-be-finished 80-megawatt/320-megawatt-hour battery storage bank and Calpine’s existing 750-megawatt natural gas-fired combined-cycle generating plant, which company officials described as a “trifecta” of energy reliability.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

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

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

Some idea of the size of the Niagara Falls generating plant on the American side may be gained from the fact that there have already been installed eleven of the separate 5,000 horse-power generators.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents by Lord, John