CLEAN COAL: BIOMASS AND WASTE TECHNOLOGY TO FUEL GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION
Europe Environment, January, 1996
Summary: The use of biomass and waste in a new generation of "clean" coal power plants could be an important innovation in the drive to reduce Europe's greenhouse gas emissions, according to a report recently published by the European Commission's APAS Clean Coal Technology Programme.
Coal-fired power plants continue to be the largest source of man-made carbon dioxide, and promise to remain an important factor in the global energy mix. Any advances which substantially reduce their emissions could therefore have not only European but global significance.
The APAS report summarises the results of a two-year research programme from 1993 to 1994, costing a total of ECU 30 million. The costs were spread between the European Commission (ECU 12 million), the...
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