Perspectives of fossil power technology

Fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas will be also in the foreseeable future our main source for power generation. Technology development, in particular in the case of rising fuel prices, will be a key demand. To be properly positioned it is necessary to monitor the electricity markets as well as the available energy conversion technologies and their future development perspectives. An overview is given over state-of-the-art and future power generation technologies using fossil fuels, their development potential, as well as environmental and economic considerations.