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.Table of ContentsFront MatterExecutive Summary1 Introduction2 Overview of the Vision 21 Program Plan and Goals3 Enabling Technologies4 Supporting Technologies and Systems Integration5 Commercialization6 Overall Assessment of the Vision 21 ProgramAppendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee MembersAppendix B Presentations and Committee ActivitiesAppendix C Vision 21 Program Plan: Clean Energy Plants for the 21stCentury, April 1999Acronyms and Abbreviations
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: National Research Council
EAN: 9780309069793
COUNTRY: United States
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PUBLISHED BY: National Academies Press
DATE PUBLISHED: 2000-07-01
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Committee on R&D Opportunities for Advanced Fossil-Fueled Energy Complexes, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, National Research Council
