power plant
noun
1
: an electric utility generating station
2
: an engine and related parts supplying the motive power of a self-propelled object (such as a rocket or automobile)
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Disrupting this power plant – with the help of a puffer fish – showed a breakthrough way to fight the tumors.
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Michael Franco, New Atlas, 13 Feb. 2025
Driving the news: Type One signed an agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority to jointly develop plans for a potential 350 MW-equivalent fusion power plant.
—Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
The recent rapid decline in sulfur emissions due to scrubbers and retiring power plants produced dramatic reduction in excess mortality.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 Feb. 2025
His administration also drafted sweeping new rules to clean up pollution from cars and power plants.
—Jeff Brady, NPR, 1 Feb. 2025
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Michael Franco, New Atlas, 13 Feb. 2025
Driving the news: Type One signed an agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority to jointly develop plans for a potential 350 MW-equivalent fusion power plant.
—Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
The recent rapid decline in sulfur emissions due to scrubbers and retiring power plants produced dramatic reduction in excess mortality.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 Feb. 2025
His administration also drafted sweeping new rules to clean up pollution from cars and power plants.
—Jeff Brady, NPR, 1 Feb. 2025
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“Power plant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20plant. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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