Abstract
The use of natural gas for power generation is a recent phenomenon, emerging
during the 1980s and 1990s; it is strongly linked with the development of
stationary gas turbines for power generation, and particularly with the
combined cycle gas turbine configuration. The latter became particularly
attractive in the liberalized electricity markets which were developing at the
same time in many parts of the world. The US and Japan were the first two
countries to use gas extensively for power generation, the latter using LNG
imports. The use of natural gas for power generation is predicted to grow over
the medium term but such predictions need to be tempered by the fact that the
price of gas is beginning to rise dramatically in some parts of the world.
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