Powerhouse or power house may refer to: *

Power station A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the electricity generation, generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electr ...

, a facility (or former facility) for the generation of electric power

Businesses

Powerhouse Animation Studios Powerhouse Animation Studios, Inc. is an American animation studio based in Austin, Texas. It was founded in April 2001 with a subsidiary called Powerhouse Animation LLC, established in the summer of 2014. The company develops and produces traditi ...

, an animation studio *

powerHouse Books PowerHouse Books (stylized as powerHouse Books) is an independent publisher of art and photography books founded in 1995 by Daniel Power, in Brooklyn, New York, Brooklyn, with its headquarters in Industry City, Brooklyn, Industry City. PowerHous ...

, a Brooklyn-based publisher of high-end art and photography books * Dick Smith Electronics Powerhouse, a chain of electronics stores operating in Australia and New Zealand *

Powerhouse (retailer) Powerhouse was a United Kingdom electrical goods retail chain which went into administration in 2003 and finally entered receivership in August 2006. At one time it was the third largest trader in the UK electrical goods market. History Powerhou ...

, a former electrical goods chain in the United Kingdom * Powerhouse Pilates (studio), a chain of Pilates studios in the United States

Power stations

* Power House (Alcatraz), a power station on Alcatraz Island *

Powerhouse Museum The Powerhouse Museum, formerly known as the Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences (MAAS), is a collection of 4 museums in Sydney, owned by the Government of New South Wales. Powerhouse is a contemporary museum of applied arts and sciences, explori ...

, former power station, now science and technology museum in Sydney, Australia * The Powerhouse (San Luis Obispo, California), former power station on the campus of California Polytechnic State University

Venues

Powerhouse (club) Powerhouse is a gay friendly club and venue in Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle ( , Received Pronunciation, RP: ), is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, ...

, a gay club in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK *

Brisbane Powerhouse The Brisbane Powerhouse is a performing arts and cultural centre which is housed in a former power station in the Brisbane suburb of New Farm in Queensland, Australia. The venue offers an array of live performances, visual art displays, exhibit ...

, a performing arts center in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia * Powerhouse, a club overlooking

Albert Park and Lake Albert Park is a large public park in the City of Port Phillip, an inner suburban local government in Australia, LGA of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. Located south of the Melbourne central business district, the park e ...

in Melbourne, Australia *

Powerhouse Theater The Powerhouse Theater (officially the Hallie Flanagan Davis Powerhouse Theater) is a theater building on the campus of Vassar College in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, US. Originally built as a power station in 1912, it was renovated and repu ...

, a collaboration between New York Stage and Film and Vassar College

Literature

* '' The Power-House'', a 1916 novel by John Buchan * Naomi McDuffie, a DC comics character also known as Powerhouse. * Powerhouse (Marvel comics), comic book characters * "Powerhouse", a short story by

Eudora Welty Eudora Alice Welty (April 13, 1909 – July 23, 2001) was an American short-story writer, novelist and photographer who wrote about the American South. Her novel '' The Optimist's Daughter'' won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. Welty received numerou ...

Music

Artists

Powerhouse (rock band) Geordie ( ) are a British rock band from Newcastle upon Tyne initially active in the 1970s with notable songs such as "Don't Do That", "All Because of You", "Can You Do It", "Electric Lady" and "Goodbye Love". History Formation (1971–198 ...

, a British hard rock band which formed after the breakup of the band Geordie in 1984 * Powerhouse (1997 band), reached #38 in the UK with "Rhythm of the Night" in December 1997 * Powerhouse (1999 band), responsible for 1999's "What You Need" * Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse, a British blues studio supergroup formed in 1966 * "Powerhouse", an alias used by the composer Simon Power for his 1988 hit "On the Floor"

Albums

* ''Powerhouse'' (Deep Purple album), 1977 * ''Powerhouse'' (The Jazz Crusaders album), 1969 * ''Powerhouse'' (Mustasch album), 2005 * ''Powerhouse'' (Planningtorock album), 2018 * ''Powerhouse'' (White Heart album), 1990

Songs

* "Powerhouse" (instrumental), a 1937 composition by Raymond Scott

Television

* ''Powerhouse'' (TV series), a 1982 United States television series * ''Power House'' (talkshow), a Filipino talkshow

Other uses

Power House RUFC Power may refer to: Common meanings * Power (physics), meaning "rate of doing work" ** Engine power, the power put out by an engine ** Electric power, a type of energy * Power (social and political), the ability to influence people or events Math ...

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- Founded in 1933 and one of the eight teams currently competing for the Dewar Shield Melbourne premier club rugby competition and current (2024) Premiers *

Powerhouse Arts District, Jersey City The Powerhouse Arts District is a historic warehouse district in Downtown Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, on the water front of the Hudson River. Its name derives from the unused generating station Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Powerhous ...

PowerHouse (programming language) PowerHouse is a byte-compiled fourth-generation programming language (or 4GL) originally produced by Quasar Corporation (later renamed Cognos Incorporated) for the Hewlett-Packard '' HP3000'' mini-computer, as well as Data General and DEC VAX/ ...

, a 1980s programming language by Cognos Corporation * ''PowerHouse'' (video game), a 1995 computer game by Impressions Games, now part of Vivendi SA * Powerhouse fruits and vegetables, or

superfood Superfood is a marketing term for food claimed to confer health benefits resulting from an exceptional nutrient density. The term is not commonly used by experts, dietitians and nutrition scientists, most of whom dispute that particular foods ...

s, describing foods with supposed health benefits *

Powerhouse Hobbs William Hobson (born January 23, 1991) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Powerhouse Hobbs and is a member of The Opps. He is one-third of the current AEW World ...

(born 1991), ring name of professional wrestler William Hobson {{disambiguation