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to repower

to repower

1 6.5
To give a vehicle a new engine or power source
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈpaʊər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : reconvertir
  • To improve fuel efficiency, the company will repower its fleet of delivery trucks with electric engines.
  • repowered plant

Examples

  • AEP repowered its Tidd coal plant in Brilliant, Ohio, where it installed a bubbling fluidized bed inside a pressure vessel.

    Academic text (2001)

  • In addition, many natural gas-fired ATS plants may be repowered as IGCC or PFBC plants.

    Academic text (1994)

  • It could also be used to repower an existing coal-fired plant.

    Academic text (2001)

  • According to the DOE, the project, which repowered one unit at the plant, cost just over $438 million.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Amick was the project manager when the Wabash River plant was repowered.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Arizona Public Service Co. in Phoenix did a feasibility study of repowering one of its plants with advanced pressurized fluidized bed combustors, which use the circulating rather than bubbling bed.

    Academic text (2001)

  • JEA, the former Jacksonville Electric Authority, is repowering its Northside generating station with two circulating fluidized bed boilers, each rated at nearly 300 MW.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The city plans to repower the old train station with a more efficient energy source.

  • They decided to repower their electric car with a new battery that offers better performance.

Antonyms

to de-energize
  • Specialized
6.7

To make equipment safe by turning off its power

How Motorized

to motorize
  • US
2 4.8
to repower
  • Specialized
1 6.5

Surface Forms

repower infinitive
repowered past
repowered past participle
repowering present participle
repowers third person singular

Morphology

repower = power (semi-transparent) = re + power

The meaning is broadly 'power again/anew', but in actual usage it usually refers more specifically to replacing or upgrading an engine or power source.

Etymology

Repower is made from re- meaning 'again', like in redo, and power meaning 'energy' or 'engine'. So to repower a machine is to give it new power or a new engine to make it work better.