Energy consumption, reserves, environmental issues, policy, Combustion of conventional and renewable fuels (effect of feedstocks, small-scale and large scale systems, co-combustion, emissions control technologies), gasification of conventional and renewable fuels (effect of feedstocks, processes, gasification systems, flue gas upgrading), environmental impacts from solid fuels utilisation-control methods (cleaning technologies for solid and gaseous emissions, control technologies for gaseous, liquid and solid wastes). Laboratory exercises.