Considerations on the application of energy in the generation of electricity and heat

In the first part the author presents the main factors of influence on electricity generation costs in fossil-fuel power stations and their development from 1950 up to the present. He shows that in future, due to technical progress there are only restricted possibilities of compensating for the continuous rise in the price of capital goods and fuels. Next he investigates the probable drive methods for different types of power stations, paying special attention to nuclear stations, and deals with their possible use in power-heat combination. After describing the necessary district-heating systems and working out their cost, he then analyses the overall costs of the various heating systems at present available. (orig.)