Cleaner Coal Technology Programme

Cleaner Power in India: Towards a Clean-Coal-Technology Roadmap

Benchmarking Cleaner Production Performance of Coal-fired Power Plants Using Two-stage Super-efficiency Data Envelopment Analysis

Benchmarking cleaner production performance is an effective way of pollution control and emission reduction in coal-fired power industry. A benchmarking method using two-stage super-efficiency data envelopment analysis for coal-fired power plants is proposed – firstly, to improve the cleaner production performance of DEA-inefficient or weakly DEA-efficient plants, then to select the benchmark f...

Technology and carbon mitigation in developing countries: Are cleaner coal technologies a viable option?

Bo Gong_Thesis Abstract

Integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) technology has attracted interest as a cleaner alternative to conventional coal-fired power generation processes. While a number of pilot projects have been launched to experimentally test IGCC technology, mathematical simulation remains a central part of the ongoing research efforts. A major challenge in modeling an IGCC power plant is the lack of ...

How Emission Certificate Allocations Distort Fossil Investments

Despite political activities to foster a low-carbon energy transition, Germany currently sees a considerable number of new coal power plants being added to its power mix. There are several possible drivers for this “dash for coal”, but it is widely accepted that windfall profits gained through free allocation of ETS certificates play an important role. Yet the quantification of allocation-relat...