A drill conducted at the NETL research campus in Albany, Oregon, gave firefighters and the Lab’s emergency response organization (ERO) the opportunity to overcome several challenging obstacles and coordinate efforts in a simulation to rescue personnel trapped in a confined space filled with toxic gas.

NETL researchers played key roles in a national meeting at Penn State University that focused on advancing the design and operation of gas turbines in support of the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management’s (FECM) Advanced Turbines Program goals. The NETL University Turbine Systems Research (NETL-UTSR) program manages a portfolio of university-based turbine research projects funded by FECM, which sponsors the annual UTSR meeting where projects within the Advanced Turbines Program are publicly reviewed.

A forecasting toolkit developed jointly by a pair of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) initiatives and funded, in part, through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will help operators of underground carbon dioxide (CO2) storage sites assess the likelihood and magnitude of seismic activity that could arise from commercial-scale injection.

A revolutionary NETL technology that uses domestic coal as a feedstock to make better batteries, stronger construction materials and improve a wide range of consumer products has been acquired for commercial development by Carbon Holdings Intellectual Properties, a subsidiary of Ramaco Inc.

NETL is a partner with major industry groups on three regional hydrogen hub projects selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to accelerate the commercial-scale deployment of low-cost, clean hydrogen — a valuable energy product that can be produced with zero or near-zero carbon emissions and is crucial to meeting clean energy goals.

Internationally recognized experts from NETL brought their knowledge and expertise to the Geological Society of America (GSA) Connects 2023 event Oct. 15-18 Pittsburgh’s David L. Lawrence Convention Center.

NETL experts recently joined U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) leaders in North Dakota to learn about the development of technologies that can harness the state’s massive reserves of lignite coal to extract key rare earth elements (REEs) and critical minerals (CMs), which are needed to manufacture nearly all high-tech devices and are critical to the clean energy economy.

NETL researchers are working to overcome key challenges associated with supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) power cycles, which will help advance next-generation power systems, such as the NETL-supported Supercritical Transformational Electric Power (STEP) pilot plant, that could help achieve a decarbonized energy future.

An NETL researcher who leads a multi-national laboratory effort to determine the viability, safety, and reliability of storing hydrogen in subsurface environments recently told an international audience of National Academy Committee on Earth Sciences that hydrogen’s potential as a flexible fuel for many end users depends upon a reliable system of subsurface storage facilities.

Ashraf Abedin, Ph.D., a research scientist with Leidos who works with NETL’s Reaction Engineering Team, will represent the Laboratory at the Department of Energy (DOE) SLAM Competition on Capitol Hill, Nov. 15, 2023. SLAM is a competition among 17 national labs that highlights DOE research programs through compelling three-minute talks by competitors from each lab.