Coal Mining

The extraction of coal can be energy intensive. There are now a number of technologies that can help optimise this process and hence help to reduce emissions. These include pre-mining gasification and the integrated recovery of both coal and methane.

CDM Project Database

Methane to Markets Project Database - Global

Good Practice: Coal bed methane utilisation, Slovakia

PI: Abatement of VAM emissions and generating hot water from the energy released in VAM oxidation, China

Advanced, 6-MW ventilation air methane (VAM) oxidizer and electricity generation, China

Methane to LNG, Zory Abandoned Coal Mine, Poland

Carbon Capture and Storage in View of EU Climate Policy and Directive 2009/31/EC

West Cliff Mine (BHP Billiton)

CCII - China Coal Information Institute

Eco-Carbone

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