Ochrona klimatu i środowiska, nowoczesna energetyka Priorytetowy Obszar Badawczy POB6

„Some 26% of primary energy needs are met by coal and 37% of electricity is generated from coal, compared with 23% for natural gas. Coal is the world's most abundant and widely distributed fossil fuel source. Globally about 2000 GWe of coal-fired generation capacity is operating and another 500 GWe is expected online by 2030.

However, each year burning coal produces over 15 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2), which is released to the atmosphere, most of this being from power generation.

Development of new 'clean coal' technologies is attempting to address this problem so that the world's enormous resources of coal can be utilised for future generations without contributing to global warming. Much of the challenge is in commercialising the technology so that coal use would remain economically competitive despite the cost of achieving low, and eventually 'near-zero', emissions. The technologies are both costly and energy-intensive.”

Source, read more: https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/energy-and-the-environment/clean-coal-technologies.aspx