coal-burning
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- adjective
- /koʊlˈbɜrnɪŋ/
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- Environmental regulation since the 1970s has imposed large costs on firms, particularly steel and coal-burning utilities, that probably have been passed on to consumers.
- coal-burning plants
- coal-burning power
Examples
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The first was a 1950s-vintage pulverized coal-burning boiler in western Indiana, the Wabash River plant, operated by Global Energy of Houston.
Academic text (2003) -
At a time when scientific evidence is mounting that burning trees for electricity will actually result in increased carbon emissions when compared to coal over the next 30 to 50 years, utilities in Europe are making a mad dash to convert coal-burning power plants to wood, all in the name of "renewable energy."
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China is currently building coal-burning power plants at the rate of one per week.
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A large source is coal-burning power plants, particularly in China.
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Coal-burning power plants are being forced to close.
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The industrial growth in the U.S., and now in China, India, and elsewhere around the world, has created a huge increase in demand for electricity, and a large portion of that is coming from coal-burning power plants.
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If nuclear or coal-burning power plants are built in rural areas to feed electricity-hungry urban areas, who suffers the health and environmental consequences?
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Air pollution was especially bad in the Maritsa-Istok complex located in the eastern Upper Thracian plain (see Figure 1 on page 8), where three major coal-burning power stations operated.
Academic text (1995) -
"GenOn Energy Inc. will shut down eight power plants over the next three years, three of them old, coal-burning power plants in Western Pennsylvania: at Elrama in northern Washington County, Shawville in Clearfield County, and near New Castle in Lawrence County.
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When I was young, we heated our home with a coal-burning stove.
Synonyms
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A machine like a power station that burns coal to make electricity and heat
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Coal-burning is a simple compound of coal ('black rock used as fuel') and burn ('to set on fire'), so it paints the clear image of burning coal for heat. That's why coal-burning describes machines or stoves that use coal as fuel to make heat or power.