clean coal
English
Noun
clean coal (uncountable)
- Any technology that may mitigate emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses that arise from the burning of coal for electrical power.
- (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)
- Antonyms: dirty coal, lignite
- (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)
- Antonym: dirty coal
Related terms
- bituminous coal
- black coal
- blue coal
- brown coal
- dirty coal
- hard coal
- soft coal
- wet coal