dubai eyes 'clean coal,'

Dubai eyes 'clean coal,' nuclear as power sources

November 10,2010 in Clean Coal

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A senior energy official says Dubai aims to generate 20 percent of its power from "clean coal" and another fifth from nuclear energy in the coming years.Saeed Mohammed al-Tayer gave few specifics on the projects Wednesday. The vice chairman of the city-state's Supreme Council of Energy spoke about the plans while announcing a global energy forum slated for April.Dubai currently generates nearly all of its power by burning natural gas.The Emirates' federal government is spending $20 billion to build the country's first nuclear power plant in the emirate of Abu Dhabi. Al-Tayer wouldn't say whether Dubai would rely on that project ? slated to be completed by 2020 ? for its nuclear energy."Clean coal" technology aims to reduce coal's harmful emissions.