Sentences with phrase «clean coal»

"Clean coal" refers to the concept of making coal, a type of fossil fuel, less harmful to the environment. It involves using technologies and methods to reduce emissions of pollutants like carbon dioxide (CO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and other air pollutants that are released when coal is burned. The goal is to make coal a cleaner and more sustainable energy source. Full definition
Meanwhile, both have been flirting with the coal vote as they have advocated for clean coal technology.
Clearly, both candidates see the need for development of clean coal technology.
Now more than ever, it's important for prospective employees to understand the latest developments in clean coal technology, sustainability, and safe practices.
Power industry officials, however, claim they can limit emissions by building so - called clean coal plants and systems for capturing carbon.
The government's attention to R&D on clean coal technologies, including carbon capture and storage (CCS) is also encouraging.
However, with rising levels of pollution, the government is keen on developing cleaner coal technologies as well as renewable energy sources like solar, tidal, and biomass.
In 2009 alone, the government and the private sector plan to dedicate nearly a billion dollars to clean coal research and development.
My record for 25 years has supported clean coal technology.
How about Clean Coal, whatever the hell that is?
The proposed additional funding for advanced clean coal technologies is promising.
That takes electricity and that's got to be powered by clean coal.
Still, advocates said cleaner coal is the only way to other forms of electricity.
Is expanded fossil fuel exploration and clean coal part of a greener energy policy?
And, yes, we're going to have to examine how do we make clean coal and nuclear power work.
Now again there are all sorts of technologies, there is even clean coal technology.
And when we do need to add new capacity, it will likely come from far cleaner coal technologies, nuclear power and renewables like wind and solar, the two men asserted.
In short, while some are interested in sound bites, we'll keep going about the serious work of providing clean coal, energy solutions and environmental improvement.
I have been a lay union representative for a coal branch for two decades, and during that time have been involved in initiatives around clean coal.
But it fails when it comes to completely cleaning coal.
Now that the emphasis has changed to include the removal of carbon dioxide emissions, the goal of clean coal appears far from feasible.
And at once clean coal - if it were possible - is further away than ever.
If I recall they said they needed both a carbon price and some capital assistance from the large clean coal fund.
Its very nice clean coal, all white and shiny.
The coming advancements in clean coal will keep it viable for decades.
So much for clean coal — at least for now.
There is no such thing as clean coal, fracking is a disaster, and oil is the same old thing we have been fighting wars over for years.
How serious is the industry about developing clean coal, and can it happen?
Here are the steps we take to harness the power of cleaner coal.
All the pretty TV ads about Clean Coal have little to do with reality.
In addition, some forms of nuclear fuel or even clean coal technologies could be considered sustainable in some sense.
Do not assume from any of this that I believe clean coal technologies to be safe or cost - effective.
Thus far investments by coal companies in clean coal technologies have been insufficient even to fund a single large - scale demonstration plant.
«Coal can generate electricity 24/7 regardless of weather conditions,» said Laura Sheehan, a spokeswoman for the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity in Washington.
Directors of clean coal projects at Australia's power plants boil their future down to confidence: «We have to address urgently the need for large demonstrations to get that confidence,» said one during Australia's first national CCS conference in Melbourne.
I encourage you to check out ACCCE's Clean Coal Carolers - I really don't mind sending a bunch of traffic their way because this latest publicity stunt is absolutely absurd and shows just how far the coal lobby is willing to go to market their dirty product as somehow being clean.
4) The New Green Deal would establish a public - private fund focused on creating clean coal solutions that are safe, scalable and economically feasible.
First published in Cornerstone, Volume 4, Issue 3 By Malgorzata Wiatros - Motyka, Author and Analyst, IEA Clean Coal Centre The Łagisza power plant in Będzin, Poland, is home to the...
Continue reading «Tony Lodge: Why the Conservatives should back Kingsnorth and new cleaner coal power stations»»
In fact, Dubai's commitment to a clean future stipulates the clean energy targets of the DIES 2050 strategy do not include clean coal without carbon capture and storage (CCS).
If, however, we envisage replacing every conventional coal - fired plant on earth with clean coal, things look very different, for the amount of pipeline infrastructure required to do this is staggeringly large.
But clean - coal technologies have yet to be demonstrated on a large scale commercially, and by the admission of even the president's own climate - technology task force, clean coal doesn't have any prospect of making a big dent in the climate problem in the next 15 to 20 years.
While the President's broadcast from an alternative dimension celebrated the end of the «war on beautiful clean coal», here on Earth, momentum increases to move to the energy of the future.
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z