brown coal
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Many locals want the land back that was expropriated by PPC years ago to mine the low-grade brown coal so they can farm it again.
From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025
Poland is taking strides in embracing renewable energy, but gets almost 70% of its energy from black and brown coal.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 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
According to the filing, Enkraft is asking management to “prepare draft agreements or plans corresponding reports for the lawful spin-off” of RWE’s subsidiary RWE Power AG, which includes the utility’s brown coal activities.
From Reuters • Mar. 22, 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.
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