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
• 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