Gas-to-power facing socio-economic challenges

Vested interest opposition to wider natural gas use for electricity generation discussed as Petroleum Economist holds its first Gas to Power forum in London

Using natural gas to generate electricity as the world transitions away from coal will likely create socio-economic challenges beyond the cost, technological and environmental pressures that it already faces, attendees heard at Tuesday's inaugural Gas to Power Forum in London. Powerful coal mining unions in Germany and eastern Europe, south Asia and southern Africa, as well as the challenge of replacing hundreds of thousands of jobs created by the industry, will present politicians with some tough decisions, experts told the forum in London. This will pose headwinds despite the evidence that converting natural gas into power presents the fastest, cleanest and most reliable route towards gove