Coal energy and environmental impacts: Introduction

Environmental impacts of Aghdarband coal mine: pollution by heavy metals

Aghdarband coal mine, located in NE of Iran, with annual coal and waste production capacity of about twenty million and six thousand tons, respectively, causes the increase of the concentration of some heavy metals in the soil and surrounded sediments. This paper deals with geochemical distribution and environmental effects of the heavy metals on the sediments around the mine, using geochemical...

Cradle to Grave : The Environmental Impacts from Coal Cradle to Grave : The Environmental Impacts from Coal Clean Air Task

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES OF SYNTHETIC TRANSPORTATION FUELS FROM COAL SUMMARY REPORT INTRODUCTION Environmental impacts from large-scale commercialization of coal liquefaction are important to government, industry, the pub-

INTRODUCTION Environmental impacts from large-scale commercialization of coal liquefaction are important to government, industry, the public, and a variety of interest groups. This report reviews environmental issues associated with coal liquefaction processes by addressing the following topics: ● A comparison of the environmental differences among technologies; “ A comparison of the impacts am...

Environmental impacts from the solar energy technologies

Solar energy systems (photovoltaics, solar thermal, solar power) provide significant environmental benefits in comparison to the conventional energy sources, thus contributing, to the sustainable development of human activities. Sometimes however, their wide scale deployment has to face potential negative environmental implications. These potential problems seem to be a strong barrier for a fur...

Environmental Impacts of Wind - Energy Projects