Cleaner Conventional Energy

Cleaner Conventional Energy is defined as energy derived form non-renewable fossil fuel sources (e.g. coal, oil and natural gas) in ways which minimize the negative impact on the natural environment. This sector also includes nuclear power.

• Cleaner coal includes solutions such as coal screening and scrubbing, integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) and carbon capture and sequestration (CCS)
• Cleaner gas consists of solutions such as capture and use of coal mine ventilation air methane and natural gas combined cycle (NGCC)
• Cleaner oil is made up of solutions such as efficient oil extraction, water reinjection and optimized reservoir management that allows oil to be extracted in ways which minimize negative impact on the natural environment
• Nuclear power is energy derived via controlled nuclear fission of radioactive materials at nuclear power plants