coal plant

Noun

Meaning

A fossil plant of the carboniferous strata.

A power station using coal as its energy source.

Examples

“About 80 people run a coal plant, because we have to have trains, we have to have a big dozer to get the coal off, we have to get the coal on a belt and then go crush it and then feed the boiler,” he said. Source: Internet

In recent years, the biggest contributor to the global increase in CO2 emissions has been fast-growing Asia, where roughly one new coal plant is being built every week. Source: Internet

Longview Power operates the state’s newest and cleanest coal plant – and it is moving to diversify into solar power and natural gas. Source: Internet

And even as new plants announce retirement, on average, every two weeks, only one U.S. coal plant is currently under construction. Source: Internet

I invite them to consider Ghana’s capabilities should a Hazelwood be visited on a coal plant in Ghana. Source: Internet

Marcos, however, succeeded in putting up the country’s first coal plant in Calaca town, Batangas province in 1981. Source: Internet

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