TY - JOUR TI - Coal gasification in Europe AB - This paper first analyzes European energy consumption and supply dynamics within the framework of the European Communities energy and environmental policies calling for the increased use of natural gas, reduced energy consumption, promotion of innovative renewable energy technologies, and the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions. This analysis evidences that, while, at present, the increased use of natural gas is an economically and environmentally advantageous policy, as well as, being strategically sound (in view of Middle East political instability), fuel interchangeability, in particular, the option to use coal, is vital to ensure stability of the currently favourable natural gas prices and offer a locally available energy alternative to foreign supplied sources. Citing the advantages to industry offered by the use of flexible, efficient and clean gaseous fuels, with interchangeability, the paper then illustrates the cost and environmental benefits to be had through the use of high efficiency, low polluting integrated gasification combined-cycle power plants equipped to run on a variety of fuels. In the assessment of technological innovations in this sector, a review is made of some of the commercially most promising gasification processes, e.g., the British Gas-Lurgi (BGL) slagging gasifier, the high-temperature Winkler (HTW) Rheinbraun, and the Krupp Koppers (PRENFLO) moving bed gasifier processes. AU - "Furfari, S [Commissione delle Comunita' Europee, Bruxelles (Belgio). Direzione Generale dell'Energia, Direzione delle Tecnologie]" KW - "01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT" KW - "20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS" KW - "03 NATURAL GAS" KW - "29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY" KW - "COMBINED-CYCLE POWER PLANTS" KW - "BGC-LURGI SLAGGING PROCESS" KW - "HTW PROCESS" KW - "PRENFLO PROCESS" KW - "EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES" KW - "ENERGY POLICY" KW - "ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY" KW - "COAL GASIFICATION PLANTS" KW - "INTERCHANGEABILITY" KW - "NATURAL GAS" KW - "TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT" KW - "COAL GASIFICATION" KW - "ENERGY SOURCES" KW - "FLUIDS" KW - "FOSSIL FUELS" KW - "FUEL GAS" KW - "FUELS" KW - "GAS FUELS" KW - "GASES" KW - "GASIFICATION" KW - "GOVERNMENT POLICIES" KW - "INDUSTRIAL PLANTS" KW - "INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS" KW - "POWER PLANTS" KW - "THERMAL POWER PLANTS" KW - "THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES" KW - "010400* - Coal, Lignite, & Peat- Processing" KW - "200102 - Fossil-Fueled Power Plants- Power Cycles" KW - "030600 - Natural Gas- Economic, Industrial, & Business Aspects" KW - "294000 - Energy Planning & Policy- Fossil Fuels" DO - https://doi.org/ UR - PB - CY - Italy PY - 1992 DA - 1992-02-01 LA - Italian J2 - [] VL - 46:2 C1 - C2 - C3 - C4 - C5 - L3 - Journal Name: Termotecnica (Milan); (Italy); Journal Volume: 46:2; Other Information: Paper presented at the Coal and heavy hydrocarbons gasification for electric power production, Milan, Italy, 14 Nov 1991 ER -