gas plant

American  

noun

1. a plant, Dictamnus albus, of the rue family, native to Eurasia, having clusters of white or reddish flowers and strong-smelling foliage that emits a flammable vapor.

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gas plant British  

noun

1. Also called: burning bush.   dittany.   fraxinella.  an aromatic white-flowered Eurasian rutaceous plant, Dictamnus albus, that emits a vapour capable of being ignited

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gas plant

Combined-cycle plants, which are a grid workhorse and the most efficient gas plant, capture waste heat from turbines to generate more electricity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

The project also plans to have its own natural gas plant onsite to produce energy.

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026

Some of the power could be generated by a new on-site gas plant, and some will likely come from the state’s power grid, according to the project’s concept plan.

From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026

Its big Utah project is expected to cost around $7,000 per kilowatt to build, more than twice as expensive as building a natural gas plant.

From Barron's ● May 13, 2026

The side streets were still unpaved, fading out to the barren pebbly lots of a railyard and a gas plant.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu