Usage of "coal-burning"

Fueled by burning coal.

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Usage of coal-burning in English

Admiral Benson gave directions that four coal-burning battleships should be sent over. 
 The Crisis of the Naval War 

A big coal-burning stove and two small ones comprised the open kitchen. 
 Death of a Red Heroine 

Emissions from coal-burning power plants are considered a major contributor to global warming. 
 Reuters 

So has the price of electricity produced by coal-burning power plants. 
 Wired 

But that growth has been fuelled by coal-burning power stations and wheezing factories. 
 Reuters 

More vault doors open, revealing interior corridors, powered by coal-burning systems, triple fail-safed. 
 The windup girl 

Miriam had never used the small coal-burning stove that tottered in the corner. 
 The last page 

There may have been a flurry of coal-burning activity in 2007. 
 The Irish Times 

A coal-burning stove from the 1940s pushes back the freezing air. 
 Reuters 

Evergreen boughs festooned ' walls and rafters while coal-burning braziers cut the chill. 
 Julian 

The house had a kitchen with a broken coal-burning stove and one other room. 
 The Guardian 

The government is trying to move coal-burning steel and power plants away from wealthy cities. 
 Reuters 

Air pollution from power stations, mainly coal-burning plants, was significant globally, causing one in seven deaths. 
 The Guardian 

Climate change legislation aims to phase out coal-burning utilities and factories unless cleaner methods are set. 
 Reuters 

It's a contradiction to say you want to protect the climate yet build so many coal-burning plants. 
 Reuters 

The decade saw a big jump in the number of new coal-burning power plants that came online. 
 The Guardian 

Meanings of coal-burning in English