world-nuclear:'Clean Coal' Technologies, Carbon Capture & Sequestration

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Title of the dataset	world-nuclear:'Clean Coal' Technologies, Carbon Capture & Sequestration
Provenance of the dataset	http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/energy-and-the-environment/climate-change-the-science.aspx
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Variable labels of dataset (the names of the variables)	EFFICIENCY PROJECTED EFFICIENCY WITH CCS\|COUNTRY\|TECHNOLOGY
Outline of data	Coal is a vital fuel in most parts of the world. Burning coal without adding to global carbon dioxide levels is a major technological challenge which is being addressed. The most promising 'clean coal' technology involves using the coal to make hydrogen from water, then burying the resultant carbon dioxide by-product and burning the hydrogen. The greatest challenge is bringing the cost of this down sufficiently for "clean coal" to compete with nuclear power on the basis of near-zero emissions for base-load power. There is typically at least a 20% energy penalty involved in 'clean coal' processes.
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