As used here, any electric generating facility with nameplate capacity of 15 megawatts or more. Nameplate capacity is the maximum design production capacity specified by the manufacturer of a processing unit or the maximum amount of product that can be produced running the manufacturing unit at full capacity. Fossil-fuel steam electric units typically have large capacities with many over 1,000 megawatts. Gas turbines, combustion turbines and combined-cycle units are typically less than 200 megawatts.

The facility constructed at or near the downstream face of a dam to generate hydroelectric power.

A place where electricity is produced.

An electric utility generating station

Central station generating facility that produces energy.

A power plant is a device capable of generating electrical power for use elsewhere. It may also generate useful heat.

1. A human-made industrial system composed of machinery, equipment, and structures designed to convert various energy resources into electricity, usually on a large scale. Examples include coal-fired and nuclear power plants and hydroelectric dams. 2. Any human-made equipment or system that produces power, including the structure that contains it.

A place where electricity is generated.

A generating station where electricity is produced.

Electricity generating plant.