It's not !... Burning coal to generate electricity produces HUGE amounts of carbon dioxide - which affects the weather.
Half the world's population uses wood for cooking and heating purposes. Coal is also a popular choice for electricity generation, but not as widely used for cooking and heating in households.
Approximately 23% of electricity in the US is produced by coal energy.
Around 23% of the electricity generated in the US comes from burning coal.
Coal is burned in a power plant to heat water and produce steam. The steam rotates a turbine connected to a generator, which produces electricity. The electricity is then sent through power lines to homes and businesses for use.
Thermal coal is a broad classification that includes various types of coal used for generating electricity or heat. Steam coal, on the other hand, is a specific type of thermal coal with high heat-producing properties, making it suitable for powering steam turbines in electricity generation. In essence, steam coal is a subtype of thermal coal used specifically for generating steam to produce electricity.
Half the world's population uses wood for cooking and heating purposes. Coal is also a popular choice for electricity generation, but not as widely used for cooking and heating in households.
You cannot get electricity from coal. Electricity and coal are two very different types of material.
yes coal is a good producer of electricity.
Using coal to generate electricity. (APEX)
Coal is abundant and easy to convert into electricity.
Meaning something you would like better, given a choice.
No, coal produces electricity, so electricity is instead of coal
The only advantage of producing electricity from coal is that it will cost cheaper.
The percentage that of electricity that is made from coal in Canada is 19%
To make electricity, the most common way is to burn something that heats water that creates steam that runs a fan/turbine. Coal fired electricity is when the thing that is burnt is coal.
As of 2011, about 42 percent of electricity in the US was derived from coal. There is a push in the 21st century to use other methods of electricity since coal is harmful to the environment.
West Virginia burns t coal to produce electricity by burning coal and generating electricity .