power generation

collocation in English

meaningsofpowerandgeneration

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withpowerorgeneration.
power
noun
uk
/paʊər/
us
/ˈpaʊ.ɚ/
ability to control people ...
See more atpower
generation
noun
uk
/ˌdʒen.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
us
/ˌdʒen.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
all the people of about the same age within a society or within a ...
See more atgeneration

(Definition ofpowerandgenerationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpower generation

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Such circulation occurs in side arms of cooling lakes used for waste-heat disposal frompowergeneration.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The latter will include nuclearpowergeneration, undersea activities, defence and space exploration.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The substitution of gas as a domestic and industrial fuel and, more recently, forpowergenerationis one example.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Typical examples relate to nuclearpowergeneration, railway travel, or the genetic modification of organisms.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The circulation described above occurs in the side arms of cooling lakes used for the disposal of waste heat frompowergeneration.
From theCambridge English Corpus
State-owned enterprises forpowergenerationetc. would also be of this kind.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Therefore, it may be difficult to use a fusion electricpowergenerationsystem in the case without foam.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, generally power plants with inefficient units that employ old technologies of coal combustion andpowergenerationare the ones that emit the most.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This service market includespowergenerationequipment, aircraft engines, medical imaging systems, and locomotives, just to name a few.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The use of gas forpowergenerationalso required significant development.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Demand for water for hydropowergenerationand for other industrial uses is also increasing substantially.
From theCambridge English Corpus
If supplied electrically, this would significantly increase the requiredpowergenerationand storage requirements.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Netting out the economic impact onpowergenerationsuggests that reforestation would lead to large losses in power generation, in the range of from $250 to $1,100 per hectare.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Each year, domestic activities such as incineration, waste-water disposal, andpowergenerationoccur within the same general areas.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Besidespowergeneration, other benefits include construction of a bridge and roads in the project area, and creation of more runoff in the river during the summer months.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The fault tree method is a systematic, descriptive form of analysis that has been widely used for quantitative analysis of the safety and reliability of nuclearpowergenerationsystems.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Netting out these effects on the productivity of hydroelectricpowergenerationsuggests that conversion of pasture to forest would lead to large losses inpowergeneration.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Primary industries andpowergenerationrequire many years of investment and concentration of capital, which means they need to be subsidised.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The money from the levy was given topowergenerationfrom cleaner and greener means.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofpower
Go to the definition ofgeneration
See other collocations withpower
See other collocations withgeneration