brown coal

British  

noun

1. a low-quality coal intermediate in grade between peat and lignite

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Example Sentences

Mayor Panagiotis Plakentas fears what will happen to the town of Ptolemaida and the surrounding region when the last of the brown coal power plants in northern Greece close next year.

From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025

The government has, however, brought forward the date when all brown coal power plants will be shut down in North Rhine-Westphalia, to 2030 from 2038, acceding to a campaign promise from the Greens.

From Reuters • Jan. 11, 2023

Lignite, or brown coal, the only fossil fuel that is still mined in Germany, is burned to generate power.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2022

Coal’s actually an important import from Russia, too, especially for Germany—not the brown coal that Germany mines itself, but the hard coal that it uses in industries like steelmaking.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2022

Lignite is the name which has been applied to a form of impure coal, which sometimes goes under the name of "brown coal."

From The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes by Martin, Edward A.