Power station

Power station which operates with the free renewable source of energy provided by falling water.
Synonyms (english only)
hydroelectric power station ...

Ultra Clean Coal or UCC Coal that has gone through a chemical process to remove unwanted minerals in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions when used in coal-fired power stations.

For example, electricity is produced at power stations on the Highveld which burn low-grade coal, causing air pollution impacts in Mpumalanga province due to sulphur dioxide emissions.

Lenin Memorial Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station was located in Ukraine, near the town of Pripyat, which had been built to house power station employees and their families.

clean coal: coal produced from a power station where the carbon dioxide emissions have been captured (see carbon capture) and stored in some way (see carbon sequestration).

Acid gases are produced when fossil fuels like coal and oil are burned in power stations, factories and in our own homes.

carbon capture and storage (CCS) = capture of CO2 from a major emitter (such as a power station) and store it in sinks
carbon costs =
carbon dioxide (CO2) = a GhG ...

In the UK 50% of emissions come from private cars with fossil-fuel power stations making up most of the remainder.

A general term applied to Radioactive Wastes which require disposal, for which there is no intention of recovery. In reality there may be circumstances where some capability for recovery is maintained (e.g. ILW wastes at UK nuclear power stations).

The first commercial U.S. power station using ocean waves to generate electricity is in the works in Oregon. When finished, 10 “powerbuoys' in the ocean will generate enough electricity to power 1,000 homes.

Because people are burning fuels with carbon in (that's oil, gas and coal which you use in cars, aeroplanes, power stations and so on), all this carbon gets dumped into the air, combined with the oxygen we all breathe, ...

See also: Environment, Air, Waste, Water, Environmental