Tag: clean coal

  • Cleaning Coal May be Possible

    Energy Biz: Cleaning Coal May be Possible "… Eliminating 99 percent of the pollution from coal, the Coal-Direct Chemical Looping (CDCL) technique will have a significant impact on the rate of global warming. The Environmental Protection Agency has found that in 2010, coal-burning power plants were responsible for about one-third of the country's carbon dioxide,…

  • New ways to gasify and clean coal emerge

    Reuters: New ways to gasify and clean coal emerge ST. LOUIS (Reuters) – New ways to gasify coal are emerging that could help reduce the cost of managing the fuel's greenhouse gas emissions, officials at small companies said. A race to develop cleaner ways to burn coal is emerging as the United States hopes to…