clean coal
noun1
Any technology that may mitigate emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses that arise from the burning of coal for electrical power.
2
Dated anthracite (a cleaner burning variety of coal, which is usually hard and bluish, with fewer impurities; making it acceptable for uses needing cleaner coal)
3
Dated coke (a coked version of coal, that has been cleaned of many of its impurities, making it acceptable for use in steel-making and other uses needing cleaner coal)
- Related terms
- bituminous coal, black coal, blue coal, brown coal, dirty coal, hard coal, soft coal, wet coal