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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While this transition takes place, greater flexibility is needed at India’s coal power plants to ensure a steady baseload supply of power, while more investment in nuclear is needed to guarantee future energy security.
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Radhika Kak, Independent Researcher At Harvard Business School and Varad Pande, Partner At Bcg, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
The drone attacks are focused on Ukraine’s electricity grid, striking power plants and substations.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
After Moscow and Kyiv agree to stop hitting each other's power plants and electric grids, negotiators would move on to a potential halt in fighting on the Black Sea − and then to a full ceasefire and peace agreement.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
Trump has said that control of land and power plants will be part of the conversation, which comes on the anniversary of Russia annexing Ukraine's Crimean peninsula 11 years ago.
—TIME, 18 Mar. 2025
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Radhika Kak, Independent Researcher At Harvard Business School and Varad Pande, Partner At Bcg, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
The drone attacks are focused on Ukraine’s electricity grid, striking power plants and substations.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
After Moscow and Kyiv agree to stop hitting each other's power plants and electric grids, negotiators would move on to a potential halt in fighting on the Black Sea − and then to a full ceasefire and peace agreement.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
Trump has said that control of land and power plants will be part of the conversation, which comes on the anniversary of Russia annexing Ukraine's Crimean peninsula 11 years ago.
—TIME, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Power plant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20plant. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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