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Advancing Technologies to Ensure Affordable, Abundant and Reliable Energy
Providing solutions centered on innovative technologies that will lead to American energy dominance by driving the rapid deployment of technologies and infrastructure to expand domestic energy production, lower costs for American families and businesses, and bolster the reliability and security of the nation’s energy system.
One focus of this research and development is advancing carbon capture, use, transport, and storage—a process that captures carbon dioxide (CO2) from a source (e.g., fossil fueled power plant or industrial process); compresses the CO2 to a liquid-like state; transports the CO2 via pipeline, ship, truck, or other means; and injects the CO2 underground, either in deep reservoirs at a site suitable for secure geologic storage, sometimes in conjunction with CO2-enhanced oil/gas recovery or conversion into a product such as fuels, chemicals, construction materials or other products. In addition, the program conducts research, development and demonstration (RD&D) in these six areas: (1) Gasification Systems, (2) Advanced Turbines, (3) Reversible Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (R-SOFCs), (4) Sensors, Controls, and Other Novel Concepts, (5) Simulation-Based Engineering, and (6) Advanced Energy Materials.
Carbon Management Technologies Thrusts
Point Source Carbon Capture
Advancing technologies and techniques focusing on point source carbon capture from fossil-based power generation and industrial sources, utilizing both new technologies and the demonstration of more proven approaches, resulting in CO2 for long-duration storage, conversion into valuable products, or for enhanced hydrocarbon (oil or gas) recovery.
Carbon Dioxide Removal
Advancing approaches that facilitate recovery of CO2 from the atmosphere for use in value-added products, improvements to agricultural land, enhancement of energy extraction techniques, or sent to durable storage locations.
Carbon Dioxide Conversion
Committed to overcoming the technology barriers to using CO2 as a feedstock in the U.S. economy by developing and demonstrating a broad suite of technologies that convert CO2 into economically valuable products such as fuels, chemicals, and construction materials.
Carbon Transport and Storage
Developing the tools, techniques, and innovations needed to enable safe, lowest cost, permanent CO2 storage and to support the advancement of networks that transport large quantities of captured CO2 to locations where it can also be used for enhanced hydrocarbon (oil or gas) recovery or as a feedstock for manufacturing fuels, chemicals, building materials, and other long-lived products.
Hydrogen with Carbon Management
Developing a new generation of advanced fossil energy systems and associated technologies.
NETL implements this effort as part of DOE's Carbon Management Technologies Program.