Chornobyl was and is the best power-plant site anywhere. From Wordnik.com. [Wolves Eat Dogs]
The power-plant and school are dangerously close to the edge. From Wordnik.com. [Tale Of Two Alaskan Villages] Reference
It reported solid power-plant business at its diesel-engines unit. From Wordnik.com. [MAN AG's Earnings Tumble 44%] Reference
Hand-firing soft coal under power-plant boilers, by Henry Kreisinger. From Wordnik.com. [Engineering Bulletin No 1: Boiler and Furnace Testing] Reference
Cost of fuel, electricity and other products for the power-plant operator rose 38%. From Wordnik.com. [Hedging Strategy Buoys Mirant's Profit] Reference
NRG Energy's board has resisted, saying the bid undervalues the power-plant operator. From Wordnik.com. [NRG Suit Against Exelon Bid Is Dismissed] Reference
AES, a global power-plant developer and utilities operator, is active in 29 countries. From Wordnik.com. [China Discusses Taking Stake in AES] Reference
That growth is being driven largely by Chinese demand for SPX's power-plant equipment. From Wordnik.com. [Global Executives at Forum Express Caution About Nascent Recovery] Reference
The specter of having competitors for the first time spurred power-plant owners to modernize. From Wordnik.com. [Deregulation Jolts Texas Electric Bills] Reference
Under the power-plant deal, LS Power will give back 245 million Class B shares of Dynegy stock. From Wordnik.com. [Dynegy Sells Plants; Loss Grows] Reference
The tables are tailored to the specific power-plant fuel mix in the area where the factory sits. From Wordnik.com. [Six Products, Six Carbon Footprints] Reference
My Clear Skies legislation will cut power-plant pollution and improve the health of our citizens. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2005] Reference
The meters are integral to state and national efforts to cut power-plant emissions in the coming years. From Wordnik.com. [High-Tech Utility Meters Spark a Fight] Reference
He said many of the power-plant modifications took place before Midwest Generation bought the facilities. From Wordnik.com. [U.S., State Sue Illinois Power-Generator for Air Pollution] Reference
Start-up Greenfuel Technologies, for example, uses power-plant emissions to boost the production of algae. From Wordnik.com. [Immelt, Ahead of the Curve] Reference
NRG shareholders felt they weren't being compensated enough for the Princeton, N.J., power-plant operator. From Wordnik.com. [NRG Holders Balk; Exelon Drops Bid] Reference
Among his most specific goals: a call for power-plant emissions to peak within 10 to 15 years, and decline after. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Change Change] Reference
Chinese power companies have been making inroads in Asia -- for example, pursuing power-plant contracts in Indonesia. From Wordnik.com. [China Huaneng Wins Deal] Reference
Associated Press Ma Yuanjiang, a 31-year-old power-plant executive, receives medical treatment after being rescued in Yingxiu. From Wordnik.com. [A Week After Quake,] Reference
The transplants include finance experts, power-plant project managers and salespeople and engineers from GE's health-care unit. From Wordnik.com. [Mideast Boom Lifts GE, Other Firms] Reference
In Brief Still Going Up Spending on commercial construction continued to rise in June, led by gains in power-plant construction. From Wordnik.com. [New Power Plants] Reference
Utilities worry that their power-plant emissions could rise if they have to produce a lot more electricity to power plug-in cars. From Wordnik.com. [Utilities, Plug-In Cars: Near Collision?] Reference
Mr. Suitor, a retired power-plant worker from Youngstown, N.Y., says he has logged more than 1,200 jetpack flights since the 1960s. From Wordnik.com. [The Jetpack: An Idea Whose Time Has Never Come, but Won't Go Away] Reference
The new company will be run by Larry Kellerman, former president of a power-plant generation subsidiary at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. From Wordnik.com. [Quantum Energy to Form New Company] Reference
But the company suffered as Enron Corp. 's collapse prompted investors to pull back from power-plant developers and credit got tight. From Wordnik.com. [China Discusses Taking Stake in AES] Reference
What followed was a boom in power-plant construction and the industry took on enormous amounts of debt, convinced markets would grow. From Wordnik.com. [NRG, After Rejection, Ends Calpine Effort] Reference
With Thursday's lawsuit, the Justice Department has sued three coal-fired power-plant operators this year for Clean Air Act violations. From Wordnik.com. [U.S., State Sue Illinois Power-Generator for Air Pollution] Reference
As a result, thin-film panels usually are too large to fit on residential rooftops and are used more often in power-plant applications. From Wordnik.com. [Shedding Light on Solar] Reference
Another criticism is that running cars on batteries simply transfers pollution from an automobile tailpipe to a power-plant smokestack. From Wordnik.com. [Putting A Charge Back Into Driving] Reference
Dramatic improvements in power-plant safety have also been made, at least in most Western nations, quelling fears of doomsayers worldwide. From Wordnik.com. [Is This The Hour Of Nuclear Power?] Reference
Although it has a significant power-plant development business, AES has had little presence in one of the fastest-growing markets -- China. From Wordnik.com. [China Discusses Taking Stake in AES] Reference
Small enough to fit on a large kitchen table, the new reactors can be manufactured at very low cost and shipped by truck to power-plant sites. From Wordnik.com. [The New Nuclear Revolution] Reference
One commodity whose cost has risen markedly is steel, a important material for building both power-plant structures and power-generating equipment. From Wordnik.com. [Costs to Build Power Plants Pressure Rates] Reference
But, as regulators try to get the power industry to reduce power-plant emissions, they're more open to plans that boost prices during times of heavy demand. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Knowledge...] Reference
Rick Moody's third novel brings together a mother's progressive paralysis, a son's alcoholism and nuclear follies from H-bomb tests to power-plant accidents. From Wordnik.com. [They Gotta Be Making This Up] Reference
"There were all kinds of engineering and construction problems ... a lot of it tied to transportation infrastructure, power-plant infrastructure," Mr. Dickson says. From Wordnik.com. [Hanging on Through a Rough Ride] Reference
The energy-infrastructure unit, GE's strong suit last year, posted an 11% jump in profit and a 21% gain in revenue, boosted by power-plant orders from the Middle East. From Wordnik.com. [GE Hits Lowered Profit Target, Warns of Tough Year] Reference
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