coal-fired
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4.3
- adjective
- /koʊl faɪrd/
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de carbón
- The government plans to shut down several outdated coal-fired power plants to reduce emissions and combat climate change.
- coal-fired plants
- coal-fired power
- coal-fired power generation
But the point I make is all these coal-fired plants are cheap to run.
- But the point I make is all these coal-fired plants are cheap to run.
- So really South Africa should be building more coal-fired generation.
- Nobody's going to build another coal-fired plant in America.
- But of course, Mom would invite us to consider the context, the much greater, though slower, violence, of building and maintaining a coal-fired power plant.
- I think that it's man 'cause we should be building new coal-fired plants.
- We can't influence China's plans to build coal-fired powers.
- You know, they, they, they are a coal-fired nation, but they are phasing it out coming from you.
- OK, Tesla's on well on batteries leave leave aside the fact that you have to charge the batteries with coal-fired plants.
Examples
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But there are still a lot of coal-fired power stations being built, being used in China, India, parts of Eastern Europe and, and the like.
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Because they're building coal plants, coal-fired plants all the time.
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So really South Africa should be building more coal-fired generation.
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I think that it's man 'cause we should be building new coal-fired plants.
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But the point I make is all these coal-fired plants are cheap to run.
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One negative impact would come from filling the energy gap with more coal-fired plants.
Academic text (2011) -
Nobody's going to build another coal-fired plant in America.
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We could actually first save energy so we don't have to build any new coal-fired power plants to meet demand.
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In both India and China, the rising electricity demand from irrigation is satisfied largely by building coal-fired power plants.
Academic text (2008) -
About 130 of them are in the United States, which has a fleet of approximately 1,100 coal-fired generating units.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
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3.9
Using coal for heat or electricity
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Coal-fired joins coal and fired ('powered by burning coal'). It describes a machine, vehicle, or power plant that runs by burning coal, so the name reminds you that the fire is the source of its energy.