English term
31 years experience with thanks.
Native in: Japanese (Variant: Standard-Japan) 
Works in: Japanese to English, English to Japanese
power generation
This is the histry of a power plant.
In this case is power geration appropriate? Or it should be output?
Thank you very much.
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Henk Sanderson
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Jun 23, 2013 09:13: Tony M changed "Field (specific)" from "Mechanics / Mech Engineering" to "Energy / Power Generation"
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Netherlands
47 years of Engineering Experience
Native in: Dutch (Variant: Netherlands)
Works in: German to Dutch, English to Dutch
power generation
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Note added at 6 hrs (2013-06-23 09:18:16 GMT)
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As seen from the comments, this certainly isn't a non-Pro question...
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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2013-06-24 05:52:07 GMT)
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After the discussion entry of Sue-my, I go for power generating capacity
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Jack Doughty
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Thanks, Jack
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Charles Davis
: Yes, "power generation" is fine, but I don't agree about the unit; the capacity of a power plant is measured in watts or multiples of watts. In this case it would be better to say "10 GW" (1 GW being 1 million kW).
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Both words 'achievement' and 'history' hint on the total production of the plant, not on its capacity, so the unit MUST be a multiple of Wh
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Tony M
: Yes, in the light of new capacity, it is now clear we are talking about 'generating capacity' -- the word 'power' being arguably redundant.
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Thanks, Tony
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Edith Kelly
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Thanks, Edith; still a 'non-Pro' question?
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Discussion
Restoration of 1 million kW of generating capacity
It was 1 million not 10 milllion. And there was the fact that the power generators were damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake and stopped operation. I am sorry that I could not checked out.
Energy is the capacity to do work.
Power is the rate at which work is done, or energy is transmitted.
Energy generated can be stored whereas power cannot.
Since power is energy per unit of time, in theory it can be calculated after measuring the energy used per second
Transformation OF Energy
Various devices can be used to convert one form of energy into another
Power cannot be converted or transformed.
http://www.diffen.com/difference/Energy_vs_Power
If so, then you should be aware that, quite apart from the specific point you ask about, there are several other points in this sentence that would benefit from review; as it stands, it doesn't read like very natural EN at all.
So, if they mean that the power station was upgraded to produce 10 GW (10 million kW) then the units are correct. This is very unlikely unless it is one of the biggest power plants in the world and this upgrade was very recent.
What is much more likely is that they meant that the plant had produced 10 GWh (10 million kWh) up to that point in its life.
kW is an instantaneous amount (like speed in your car - shown on the speedometer).
kWh is a total amount of energy produced (equivalent to the total number of km your car has travelled as shown on the odometer).