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  2. Smokeless fuel - Wikipedia

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    Smokeless fuels generally have a high calorific value, with that of anthracite being greater than dry wood for example, and many smokeless briquettes are made from this type of coal. Thus anthracite has a calorific value of 32.5 MJ/kg compared with that of dry wood of about 21 MJ/kg.

  3. Tams, West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Construction of the town started in May 1909 by the Gulf Smokeless Coal Company, which was mining the Beckley coal seam. Serviced by the Virginian Railway , the town initially included 125 houses. By 1920, that number had increased to 185, with a population of 1250.

  4. Solid fuel - Wikipedia

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    The fuel is replacing coal as a fuel for open fires because of the reduction in particulate emissions and its increased efficiency. Smokeless fuel burns at a higher temperature and more slowly than a coal fire. The term also includes charcoal, made by restricted combustion of dry wood and widely used at open air barbecues to cook food on an ...

  5. Amigo, West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The community most likely derives its name from the Amigo Coal Company, based on a conversation with the principal at Amigo in 1935. [6]The Amigo Coal Company is listed in the "Annual Report of the Department of Mines For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1920" in Raleigh County with company name "Amigo Coal Company", mine name "Amigo", and post office "Amigo".

  6. Coalite - Wikipedia

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    The Coalite plant near Shuttlewood in 2006. Coalite is a brand of low-temperature coke used as a smokeless fuel. The title refers to the residue left behind when coal is carbonised at 640 °C (1,184 °F). It was invented by Thomas Parker in 1904. In 1936 the Smoke Abatement Society awarded its inventor a posthumous gold medal. [1]

  7. Asco, West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Asco is an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States.Asco was originally known as Atlantic.The current name derives from the American Smokeless Coal Company (ASCO). [2]

  8. Coalwood, West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Coalwood was founded by George Lafayette Carter in 1905. [1] He came on the back of a mule and eventually found rich seams of coal, and bought 20,000 acres (80 km 2).He constructed a mine, calling it the Carter Coal Company and built offices, houses, a schoolhouse, the Carter Coal Company Store, a church and more.

  9. List of coal-fired power stations in the United States ...

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    Plant Bowen, the third-largest coal-fired power station in the United States. This is a list of the 212 operational coal-fired power stations in the United States.. Coal generated 16% of electricity in the United States in 2023, [1] an amount less than that from renewable energy or nuclear power, [2] [3] and about half of that generated by natural gas plants.