coal-fired plant
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcoal-firedandplant
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coal-fired
adjective
uk/ˈkəʊl.faɪəd/us/ˈkoʊl.faɪrd/
using coal as ...
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plant
noun
uk/plɑːnt/us/plænt/
a living thing that grows in earth, in water, or on other plants, usually has a stem, leaves, roots, and flowers, and ...
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(Definition ofcoal-firedandplantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Everybody realises that we have a stock of oldercoal-firedplant, which is not competitive and is bound to face replacement.
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Clearly, when one looks five or 10 years ahead, one sees large, elderlycoal-firedplant, which is environmentally and financially not worthwhile.
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The first nuclear power programme amounting to 14 million tons of coal equivalent has certainly not been competitive on price with moderncoal-firedplant.
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These distortions had artificially encouraged a rash of new investment in gas-fired generation, mainly at the expense of existingcoal-firedplant.
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Approximately £1·3 million in increased system costs as a result of greater use ofcoal-firedplant.
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It distorts the market to the disadvantage of flexible plant, includingcoal-firedplant.
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We need not fear the technical problems in acoal-firedplant, but the construction problems are gigantic.
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My estimate of the saving took into account the effect on the whole system, in the case both ofcoal-firedplantand nuclear.
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That would help in one of the major problems forcoal-firedplant, the mess and the difficulties of handling.
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There is great capital cost involved in installingcoal-firedplantin industry.
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We shall seek practical opportunities for divestment ofcoal-firedplantby the major generators.
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It is not competitive with nuclear or gas plant or, critically, with the most moderncoal-firedplant.
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Thecoal-firedplanthas proved itself time and again.
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To get coal into perspective, it is worth remembering that about 20,000 megawatts ofcoal-firedplantare under construction at the moment.
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I understood him to say that capital costs forcoal-firedplantwere higher at present than for plant using nuclear energy.
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We have made it clear that we shall seek practical opportunities for divestment ofcoal-firedplantby the generators.
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I do know that there are companies looking for investment opportunities incoal-firedplantin this country, and that the director general is keen that such opportunities should genuinely exist.
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I am aware that a small number of companies have expressed interest, in principle, in entering into serious negotiations about the possibility of purchasing older,coal-firedplant.
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The town quickly outgrew the plant, and by 1920 a more economicalcoal-firedplantwas built.
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Moran, acoal-firedplantwas closed in the late 20th century.
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