power plant
or pow·er·plant
a plant, including engines, dynamos, etc., and the building or buildings necessary for the generation of power, as electric or nuclear power.
the machinery for supplying power for a particular mechanical process or operation.
the engine, motor, or other power source along with related ignition, transmission, etc., components of a vehicle, aircraft, machine, etc.
Origin of power plant
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How to use power plant in a sentence
In 2019, former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg pledged $500 million toward a campaign to close coal-fired power plants.
Can Billionaires Really Save Us from Climate Disaster? | Heather Hansman | February 12, 2021 | Outside OnlineOnce complete, the island will host a power plant to gather electricity from 200 towering offshore wind turbines—each of which will stand near the height of the Eiffel Tower, from the sea’s surface to blade tips.
Artificial Island in the North Sea Will Harvest Wind Energy at a Huge Scale | Jason Dorrier | February 7, 2021 | Singularity HubA lot of that energy comes from dirty sources like natural gas-fired power plants or worse.
Farmers Want to Create San Diego’s Carbon Dumps | MacKenzie Elmer | February 3, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoThe NYISO expects power plants to produce energy when the system operator calls on them, and we expect juice from the socket whenever we want it.
At New York City’s biggest power plant, a switch to clean energy will help a neighborhood breathe easier | Andrew Blum | February 2, 2021 | Popular-ScienceWhen it comes to the cost of energy from new power plants, onshore wind and solar are now the cheapest sources—costing less than gas, geothermal, coal, or nuclear.
Solar power got cheap. So why aren’t we using it more? | Ula Chrobak | January 28, 2021 | Popular-Science
His first feature film, Jellyfish Eyes, debuted last year and was set in a town near a threatening nuclear power plant.
Now that the power plant has been hit, they have no water and no electricity.
Israel’s Campaign to Send Gaza Back to the Stone Age | Jesse Rosenfeld | July 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRead More: Israel Shrinks Gaza by 40 Percent The power plant is a loss with particularly far-reaching consequences.
Israel’s Campaign to Send Gaza Back to the Stone Age | Jesse Rosenfeld | July 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn October 26 they were assigned to attack a power plant supplying the North Vietnamese capital, Hanoi.
Last September, Harvest Power opened the largest such food-to-power plant in North America, in Richmond, British Columbia.
The parts, the new power plant and a few other odds and ends were chuted into a neat pile on the ship.
The Repairman | Harry HarrisonAnd, too, the power plant of the Brainchild had been destined to be the source of power for the permanent base.
Unwise Child | Gordon Randall GarrettOf the forms outlined, the only one we have any immediate concern about is the airplane power plant.
Aviation Engines | Victor Wilfred PagThe loss through the water jacket of the average automobile power plant is over 50 per cent.
Aviation Engines | Victor Wilfred PagAgainst the flushed sky above the city were silhouetted the high chimneys of the power plant.
The Dwelling Place of Light, Complete | Winston Churchill
British Dictionary definitions for power plant
the complex, including machinery, associated equipment, and the structure housing it, that is used in the generation of power, esp electrical power
the equipment supplying power to a particular machine or for a particular operation or process
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