noun
power plant, power station
B1
Kraftwerk (das, plural Kraftwerke): a facility generating electricity; commonly 'power plant' or 'power station'. Use 'das Kraftwerk'. Regular plural 'Kraftwerke'. No special prepositions or irregular declension; standard noun with declension like other neuter compounds in German. Nominative singular: das Kraftwerk; plural nominative: die Kraftwerke.
Examples
Vor dem Kraftwerk stehen hohe Schornsteine.
Tall chimneys stand at the power station.
Die Behörden schlossen das Kraftwerk, weil zuvor Probleme im Kühlsystem erkannt wurden.
The authorities shut down the power plant because problems in the cooling system had been detected earlier.
Das Atomkraftwerk wird bald abgeschaltet.
The nuclear power plant will be shut down soon.
Details
Mnemonics
Imagine big chimneys and cooling towers with a sign 'KRAFTWERK' — an industrial plant producing electricity.
Think 'craft-work' — a 'Kraftwerk' is where power is 'crafted' or produced.
Neuter: das Kraftwerk — think 'das' like 'the machine' to remember it's neuter.
Notes
Kraftwerk refers to a facility that generates electricity. 'Kraftwerk' is neuter in German (das).