A Technology of Growing Importance for Developing Countries

Gas-turbine (GT) based technology is of great interest to developing countries because it is the most efficient technology for converting fossil fuels into electricity and because of ongoing research and development to make it even more efficient. In addition, gas turbines generate relatively low levels of greenhouse gases (GHG), such as carbon dioxide. Finally, GT based technology has the flexibility to deal with situations where natural gas is not readily available (a situation that frequently occur in developing countries) because it can handle a wide variety of low calorific value and contaminated fuels, the latter requiring a lot of care for their successful operation.

 

The paper has been prepared under the aegis of a Siemens/World Bank partnership program.