power station

noun

Electricity.

1. a generating station.

power station

noun

1. an electrical generating station

Word History and Origins

Origin of power station¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

This huge hydroelectric power station, the largest in the world outside of China, supplies 90% of Paraguay's electricity needs, and 10% of Brazil's.

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Videos verified by BBC Verify showed explosions and fires near a local power station late on Tuesday.

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A spokesperson for RWE, the energy company which owns the facility, said the power station remained operational and the firm's priority was the safety of everyone on site.

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And earlier this year, the government announced a deal with private investors to build the Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk.

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Of course, the picture of a Nigerien nuclear power station that Tsivilev has painted poses huge questions - technical, economic and in relation to security in a region notorious for Islamist militancy.

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Related Words

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