Open AccessTechno-economic Aspects of Sustainable Energy Development from Coal – A Review
Author(s) -
S. Mohan Krishna,
N. Krishnamurthy,
J. L. Febin Daya
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/736/3/032001
Subject(s) - coal , renewable energy , thermal power station , fossil fuel , clean coal , natural resource economics , clean coal technology , sustainable development , carbon footprint , ecological footprint , environmental science , environmental economics , waste management , economics , engineering , greenhouse gas , ecology , electrical engineering , biology
This paper gives insight into the different technological and economical factors playing a role in the development of clean energy from coal based thermal power plants. Although, the world is slowly transiting towards the renewable energy format from the conventional fossil-fuel format, existing thermal power plants are still dependent on the supply of coal for fuelling them. Clean coal technologies have been incorporated to reduce the carbon footprint of these power plants. This study assumes significance for the reason that economics plays a major role in the technological evolution of the coal based thermal power plants.