A Framework for Clean Coal in Britain
A Framework for Clean Coal in Britain
The Clean Coal Task Group - set up following a TUSDAC meeting in late 2005 - submitted its first report to Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks MP in June, setting out proposals for how the Government could guarantee a long term future for the UK coal industry and cut down on harmful CO2 gas emissions.
The proposals suggest that a move to adopt clean coal technology would not only mean a secure future for the 10,000 people currently employed in deep and open cast coal mines across the UK, but it would also mean that workers in coal-fired power stations will have jobs for years to come.
A Framework for Clean Coal in Britain argues that the adoption of clean coal technology, together with a new carbon capture and storage technology, will help the UK meet its EU target for the reduction of CO2 emissions. It says that the UK has plenty of coal reserves, which can be mined cheaply, and which are not subject to the same kind of price fluctuations as other energy sources, notably oil.
A new generation of environmentally-friendly clean coal-fired power stations, linked to a new CO2 pipeline, would open up a whole host of new manufacturing and employment opportunities for the UK, says the report. This move to green technology would also set a good example for the rest of the world to follow.
The CCTG is chaired by Dr Mike Farley of MitsuiBabcock, and includes representatives from NUM, BACM-TEAM, T&G, the TUC, industry experts, and specialist advisers from DTI and DEFRA.
Download a copy of 'A Framework for Clean Coal in Britain' (Word document)
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