power station

“Let us weep for our country, where medals are awarded for the imaginary sinking of non-existent British ships, where we are obliged to stand and salute during radio news bulletins, where the speeches of a lunatic are treated as sacred texts and a million copies printed, where the Lunatic in question is like a conductor Who Himself attempts to play simultaneously all the instruments of the orchestra, Who is like a power station connected to a single broken bulb, Who has had Himself filmed winning tennis matches against professionals in games umpired by the Minister for Propaganda, Who is the Most Disobeyed Man in History because everyone knows that every order will be shortly countermanded.”

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

“This world leading technology will see a 154MW solar power station connected to the national electricity grid.”

Speech: Climate Change: Australia's International Strategy

“The Downs were wide and windy and covered in breathable air: nice and primaeval still, except for the power station on the horizon and the distant slash of the motorway.”

Smokescreen

“We set off again for the San River, now dammed in a massive hydroelecric scheme to create Lake Solina, crossing the lake along the top of the endless dam wall, looking down to one side where the power station hums, and the San continues on its course hundreds of feet below.”

Simon & Schuster: Wildwood