hard coal
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hard coal
First recorded in 1780–90
Example Sentences
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To compensate for these losses an additional 8.7 million tonnes of hard coal would have to be burned.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 9, 2024
And Kazakhstan, the researchers say, has coal-fired power stations burning "hard coal", which are more polluting than their Chinese counterparts.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2022
In his office, Bender keeps a drawing that shows the German-French border: a shuttered nuclear power plant on the French side, and a newly-reopened hard coal power station on the German side.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 18, 2021
Late last year, the government agreed not to force hard coal power plants to close over the next seven years.
From Reuters ● Jan. 16, 2020
Fossil wood, which has not reached the stage of hard coal, but forms a soft brown substance, is called lignite.
From The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight by Hughes, J. Cecil
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