Power plant

If you were looking for the TCG cards based on the Kanto Power Plant, see Power Plant (Aquapolis 139) and Power Plant (Unbroken Bonds 183)

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The Kanto Power Plant

A power plant (Japanese: はつでんしょ Power Plant) is a type of building where electrical power is generated and distributed. Electric-type Pokémon often make their home in and around power plants. Power may be generated through various means such as windmills or geothermal energy. Some power plants generate enough electricity to power an entire region. There are also power plants that produce a special magnetic field within the building or in the surrounding area that allows certain Pokémon to evolve.

List of power plants in the Pokémon world

The Kalos Power Plant in the anime

In the core series

Kanto

• Kanto Power Plant - A technological complex that was abandoned for many years, though some of the machines still functioned during that time. It was infested with Electric-type Pokémon, and home to the Legendary Pokémon Zapdos. It generates all the energy for the Kanto region, and was later refurbished to provide power for the Magnet Train. The Electric-type Pokémon moved to the tall grass outside, and Zapdos apparently fled, though it has been known to revisit the building outside its entrance under special circumstances.

Hoenn

• New Mauville - Though it was planned to be a subterranean city extending 69 floors underground, this project died in development.

Sinnoh

• Valley Windworks - Numerous wind turbines stand in the vicinity of the Valley Windworks. Winds blowing through the canyon feed the wind turbines to generate clean electricity. Inside of the building there are many machines which process the electricity produced and send it out to the cities and towns of the Sinnoh region. A Drifloon is known to drift here once a week.

Kalos

• Kalos Power Plant - An environmentally responsible power plant that generates solar power from space.

Alola

• Geothermal Power Plant - Generates output that covers almost all of Ula'ula Island's electric needs. In Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, it is known to produce a special magnetic field that allows Magneton, Nosepass, and Charjabug to evolve when leveled up here.

In spin-off games

The Power Plant rescue team camp

Pokémon Island

• Tunnel - Within the tunnel on Pokémon Island is a decommissioned power plant that has begun to fall into disrepair. The plant is no longer in use; however, some auxiliary power still remains, keeping the automatic vault doors operational. The tunnel has become home to many Electric-type Pokémon attracted to the power plant. The plant has one generator, which is a five-part conical shaped device that is partially submerged in a pool of water. Two pipes run from the generator into the water below, and another between the generator and turbine housing. At the top of the conical portion is a dome, with an electrode protruding from it. If Zapdos is hatched from its Egg, it will begin attacking the generator, thus bringing it and the power plant back online.

Mystery Dungeon world

• Power Plant (Friend Area) - Machinery still runs in this long-deserted power plant. Electric-type Pokémon like to gather here.

Ransei

• Violight Power Plant - A power plant located in Violight can generate a mysterious electric power to summon wild Pokémon.

Other

• Apostrophe Power Station - A power station course full of Electric-type Pokémon in Learn with Pokémon: Typing Adventure. It has several power coils that can be activated with levers to light up the building temporarily when the power is down. A lever also controls the door to the room with the station's power switch.

Pokédex entries

Several Pokédex entries and other sources reference power plants.

Pokémon	Description
Pikachu	A plan was recently announced to gather many Pikachu and make an electric power plant. According to the official Pokémon Sword and Shield website, Gigantamax Pikachu is so powerful that it can produce enough electricity to rival a power plant.
Magnemite	Perhaps because electrical lines are often buried these days, the number of Magnemite attacks on power plants has increased. Magnemite is frequently the cause of power outages, which is why some power plants send out electrical signals that it can't stand.
Voltorb	Voltorb are usually found in power plants.
Electrode	Electrode is a problematical Pokémon that congregates mostly at electrical power plants to feed on electricity that has just been generated, often causing massive and chaotic blackouts in nearby cities.
Electabuzz	Normally found near large power plants searching for electricity, Electabuzz can wander away and cause major blackouts in cities; half of all blackouts occur when this Pokémon appears at power plants and eats electricity. Many power plants keep Ground-type Pokémon around as a defense against Electabuzz that come seeking electricity.
Xurkitree	After Xurkitree appeared from the Ultra Wormhole, it raided a power plant. Because of this, people believe it energizes itself with electricity.

References

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