Vision 21

Fossil Fuel Options for the Future

Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309069793
eISBN Pdf: 9780309515993
eISBN Epub: 9780309171854
Place of publication: United States
Year of digital publication: 2000
Month: May
Pages: 157
Language: English

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Vision 21 reviews the goals of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Vision 21 Program (DOE's vision for the future of coal-based power generation) and to recommend systems and approaches for moving from concept to reality. Vision 21 is an ambitious, forward-looking program for improving technologies and reducing the environmental impacts of using fossil fuels (petroleum, natural gas, and coal) to produce electricity, process heat, transportation fuels, and chemicals.

front Matter
Acknowledgments
Contents
Tables and Figures
Executive Summary
1 Introduction
2 Overview of the Vision 21 Program Plan and Goals
3 Enabling Technologies
4 Supporting Technologies and Systems Integration
5 Commercialization
6 Overall Assessment of the Vision 21 Program
APPENDIX A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
APPENDIX B Presentations and Committee Activities
APPENDIX C Vision 21 Program Plan: Clean Energy Plants for the 21st Century. April, 1999
Acronyms and Abbreviations