PPT Coal Power . How Does it Work? Texas AM School of Veterinary ...
Over time peat transforms into lignite. Pressure and high temperature makes lignite into subbituminous coal which is converted into bituminous coal or "hard coal." How is Coal Generated into Electricity? Mining: "opencast mining" or "deep mining," 67% of USA mining is opencast. Pulverization: where coal is ground into a fine powder.