power station

Also known as generating station, power plant, powerhouse, generating plant, electrical generating station, electric power station, power plants, powerplant

facility generating electric power

AI overview

A power station is a facility that generates electricity, which is then distributed to homes and businesses through power lines. Power stations matter because they provide the electrical energy that modern society depends on for lighting, heating, appliances, and countless other essential services.

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

Research

7,294 papers

How does communication heal? Pathways linking clinician-patient communication to health outcomes.ReviewPatient education and counseling · 2009Street RL Jr, Makoul G, Arora NK et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.11.015
[Effects of Photovoltaic Power Station Construction on Terrestrial Environment： Retrospect and Prospect].Huan jing ke xue= Huanjing kexue · 2024Tian ZQ, Zhang Y, Liu X et al.DOI: 10.13227/j.hjkx.202301152
Photovoltaic Power Station Impacts on the Benthic Ecosystem and Sediment Carbon Storage in Tidal Flats in China.Environmental science & technology · 2024Jin L, Yu P, Liu C et al.DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c04189
Focus on coal power station installations and population health.ReviewAnnali dell'Istituto superiore di sanita · 2011Valenti M, Masedu F, Tiberti SDOI: 10.4415/ANN_11_03_11
Optimal Coverage of Full Frequency Reuse in FFR Networks in Relation to Power Scaling of a Base Station.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Seo M, Chang SH, Lee JM et al.DOI: 10.3390/s23218925
Insect Community Diversity in Photovoltaic Power Station and Its Response to Environmental Factors.Biology · 2025Wang Y, Cheng Y, Ban L et al.DOI: 10.3390/biology14101388
High-power high-performance radio-over-fiber link for minimalist wireless base station.Optics express · 2025Chen S, Zhang Z, Tian H et al.DOI: 10.1364/OE.548042
Design and simulation of 4 kW solar power-based hybrid EV charging station.Scientific reports · 2024Singla P, Boora S, Singhal P et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-56833-5

via PubMed

Wikidata facts

Image: Taichung Thermal Power Plant.JPG

Show 5 more facts

OpenStreetMap tag: power=plant
Commons category: Power plants
equivalent class: dbpedia.org/ontology/PowerStation
Commons gallery: Power plant
exact match: purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002214

Sources (7)

via Wikidata · CC0

~31 min read

Article

A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electrical grid.

Many power stations contain one or more generators, rotating machines that converts mechanical power into three-phase electric power. The relative motion between a magnetic field and a conductor creates an electric current.