Open AccessRole of coal in the world and Asia
Author(s) -
Claudia C. Johnson,
B. Li
Publication year - 1994
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/653980
Subject(s) - coal , clean coal , clean coal technology , natural resource economics , china , waste management , electricity , electricity generation , environmental science , business , engineering , economics , geography , power (physics) , archaeology , physics , electrical engineering , quantum mechanics
This paper examines the changing role of coal in the world and in Asia. Particular attention is given to the rapidly growing demand for coal in electricity generation, the importance of China as a producer and consumer of coal, and the growing environmental challenge to coal. Attention is given to the increasing importance of low sulfur coal and Clean Coal Technologies in reducing the environmental impacts of coal burning