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Definition of lignite
: a usually brownish black coal intermediate between peat and bituminous coal; especially : one in which the texture of the original wood is distinct —called also brown coal
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Recent Examples of lignite from the Web
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Expectations for the Kemper plant, which is located next to a mine for lignite, the dirtiest form of coal, always were ambitious; coal gasification never had been used to produce commercial electricity, according to climate experts.
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Mississippi Power has been trying to achieve sustained operation of two gasifiers that convert soft lignite coal to a synthetic gas.
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THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Dozens of villagers in northwestern Greece have evacuated their homes after a lignite mine nearby collapsed.
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Kemper was designed as a prototype carbon capture, or clean coal plant that would burn gasified lignite coal and capture up to 65 percent of its carbon emissions.
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Take, for instance, the RK 5000, a large bucket-chain excavator working in a lignite mine in the Czech Republic.
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The plant, which broke ground in 2010, would run on lignite, a type of coal that is difficult to process but is plentiful in the region.
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The bucket-wheel excavator is twice as long as a soccer field and as tall as a 30-story building, and digs up 30 million tons of lignite per year.
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Origin and Etymology of lignite
French, from Latin lignum
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