"clean coal" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} clean coal (uncountable)
  1. Any technology that may mitigate emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses that arise from the burning of coal for electrical power. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Coal
    Sense id: en-clean_coal-en-noun-OvSQm6p- Disambiguation of Coal: 23 38 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 27 33
  2. (dated) anthracite (a cleaner burning variety of coal, which is usually hard and bluish, with fewer impurities; making it acceptable for uses needing cleaner coal) Tags: dated, uncountable Categories (topical): Coal
    Sense id: en-clean_coal-en-noun-dNT-QuRZ Disambiguation of Coal: 23 38 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 27 33
  3. (dated) coke (a coked version of coal, that has been cleaned of many of its impurities, making it acceptable for use in steel-making and other uses needing cleaner coal) Tags: dated, uncountable Categories (topical): Climate change, Coal
    Sense id: en-clean_coal-en-noun-~9nf4zBj Disambiguation of Climate change: 28 31 41 Disambiguation of Coal: 23 38 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 27 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bituminous coal, black coal, blue coal, brown coal, dirty coal, hard coal, soft coal, wet coal

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