gas plant
nounDefinition of gas plant
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The Eland project, which is planned for the Mojave Desert north of Los Angeles, wouldn’t replace those gas plants. — Los Angeles Times, "Los Angeles has lined up record-cheap solar power. But there’s a problem," 27 Aug. 2019 Renewables struggle to compete in Florida, too, where newish, efficient gas plants owned by a subsidiary of NextEra, a giant power company, offer cheap electricity. — The Economist, "Can American utilities profit from the energy transition?," 25 July 2019 Saudi Aramco says the attack caused a fire at a gas plant but did not affect oil production. — David Meyer, Fortune, "The End of Shareholder Primacy: CEO Daily," 19 Aug. 2019 Between the converter stations and the gas plant, the Intermountain overhaul is projected to cost $1.7 billion overall. — Los Angeles Times, "Los Angeles is finally ditching coal — and replacing it with another polluting fuel," 16 July 2019 Nationwide, energy companies plan to add at least 150 new gas plants and thousands of miles of pipelines in the years ahead. — New York Times, "As Coal Fades in the U.S., Natural Gas Becomes the Climate Battleground," 26 June 2019 Last year, Glendale officials proposed a gas plant with a capacity of 262 megawatts. — Lila Seidman, Glendale News-Press, "Glendale goes forward with gas power plant, but environmentalists anticipate a greener outcome," 24 July 2019 The first is that some gas plants, like coal ones before them, become uneconomic as renewables keep getting cheaper. — The Economist, "Can American utilities profit from the energy transition?," 25 July 2019 Also included in the rate case would be a change in how ratepayers pay for Duke's controversial coal-to-gas plant in Knox County. — Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star, "Duke Energy proposes a 19% rate increase for residential electricity customers," 2 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gas plant.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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