gas plant

American

noun

a plant, Dictamnus albus, of the rue family, native to Eurasia, having clusters of white or reddish flowers and strong-smelling foliage that emits a flammable vapor.

gas plant British

noun

Also called: burning bush. dittany. fraxinella. an aromatic white-flowered Eurasian rutaceous plant, Dictamnus albus, that emits a vapour capable of being ignited

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Expenses at a coal plant are roughly double that of a natural gas plant, according to Energy Department data.

From The Wall Street Journal

Because of a global shortage of large gas turbines, Mr. Musk’s xAI and some companies are jury-rigging gas plants by installing clusters of small turbines and even retrofitting old jet engines.

From The Wall Street Journal

Others note that the agreements between utilities and tech companies run for only 12 to 15 years, whereas power infrastructure like gas plants tends to last much longer.

From Barron's

Most conventional natural gas plants have less than 1 gigawatt of capacity and take at least five years to build.

From Barron's

In New York, which came close to breaking decades-old cold weather records in the past week, some old natural gas plants failed to operate on high-demand days.

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