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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The resort was the country’s first hotel to sign UNESCO’s Sustainable Travel Pledge, and Beach Bay Hvar Hotel includes an internal solar power plant to harness the island’s 2,700-plus annual sunshine hours per year.
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Kathryn Romeyn, AFAR Media, 26 Feb. 2025
The line once tied a nearby power plant into the state’s grid, but the plant closed in 2001.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
With this in mind, a team of scientists has discovered how the disks of gas and dust that swirl around black holes can become the powerful engines of galactic power plants.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Feb. 2025
According to Power Plant Efficiency, natural gas and oil power plants operate between 33% - 60% and 30% respectively due to heat dissipation.
—Dianne Plummer, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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Kathryn Romeyn, AFAR Media, 26 Feb. 2025
The line once tied a nearby power plant into the state’s grid, but the plant closed in 2001.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
With this in mind, a team of scientists has discovered how the disks of gas and dust that swirl around black holes can become the powerful engines of galactic power plants.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Feb. 2025
According to Power Plant Efficiency, natural gas and oil power plants operate between 33% - 60% and 30% respectively due to heat dissipation.
—Dianne Plummer, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for power plant
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“Power plant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/power%20plant. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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