power plant
nounDefinition of power plant
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 power plant’s 40-story tower should be kept as a powerful symbol of Carlsbad, Strickland said. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Man pushes preservation of 400-foot-tall coastal smokestack," 8 Sep. 2019 In June, the administration moved to overturn the power plant rules Obama put in place. — Los Angeles Times, "Trump warns California that emissions deal with automakers may be illegal," 6 Sep. 2019 In response to this existential crisis, the Trump administration weakened greenhouse gas-reducing requirements for auto fuel efficiency, power plant emissions and oil drilling while withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement. — Sam Liccardo, The Mercury News, "Opinion: Making San Jose a model city for sustainability," 25 Aug. 2019 It is equipped with two pressurized water reactors — a version of naval reactors used by Russia's atomic icebreakers, Dmitry Alekseyenko, the deputy head of floating nuclear power plant construction and operation, told NBC News. — NBC News, "Russia's 'floating Chernobyl' nuclear plant begins voyage north," 23 Aug. 2019 To date, even serious nuclear accidents, such as the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster in 2011, didn’t introduce iron-60 to the environment in measurable quantities, according to the study. — Mindy Weisberger, Scientific American, "Space Dust from Ancient Supernova Found Hiding in Antarctica," 14 Aug. 2019 That year, Miguel Avena was in a five-person team conducting maintenance at a switchyard that serves the Saguaro natural-gas power plant north of Tucson when he was killed. — Ryan Randazzo, azcentral, "Electrician Rick Castillo identified as APS worker killed in downtown Phoenix fire," 1 July 2019 The series sees people taking remarkable efforts: power plant employees going down into the reactor to try and stop the meltdown or draftees going up onto the roof to shovel off radioactive debris. — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, "The Chernobyl Podcast is a compelling behind-the scenes look at the HBO series," 23 June 2019 The Chinese also sell waste-to-power plant technology. — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, "Japan wants to become Southeast Asia’s trash manager," 23 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'power plant.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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