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
The decommissioning of 2.6 GW of hard coal power capacity and 1.2 GW of lignite capacity has been postponed.
From Reuters • Dec. 16, 2022
The European Union gets about 25% of its oil from Russia, while the EU imported 53% of hard coal from the country in 2020, which accounted for 30% of the EU’s hard coal consumption.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 5, 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
Semianthracite is also a hard coal, but it is not so hard as true anthracite.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)
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