1.
power plant; power station
A facility that generates electricity. The term covers all types of power generation including thermal, nuclear, hydroelectric, solar, and wind.
新しい発電所が建設された。
A new power plant was built.
この地域の電力は火力発電所から供給されている。
The electricity for this area is supplied from a thermal power plant.
老朽化した原子力発電所の廃炉が決まった。
It was decided to decommission the aging nuclear power plant.
USAGE:
A compound of 発電 (power generation) + 所 (place). The type of power plant is indicated by a prefix: 火力〜 (thermal), 原子力〜 (nuclear), 水力〜 (hydroelectric), 風力〜 (wind), 太陽光〜 (solar).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 火力発電所 (thermal power plant)
- 原子力発電所 (nuclear power plant)
- 水力発電所 (hydroelectric power plant)
- 発電所を建設する (to build a power plant)
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 発電: power generation — the act itself, not the facility
- 変電所: substation — transforms voltage levels for distribution