For his experiences and contributions in geological sciences, NETL’s Hema Siriwardane, Ph.D., was recently inducted as Diplomate of Geotechnical Engineering in the Academy of Geo-Professionals. Hema’s aspiration is to use his experience in geological sciences to realize success in geological carbon storage projects. Being inducted as a Diplomate of Geo-Professionals recognizes geotechnical engineers who have attained advanced expertise and experience, advanced education, and a specialized body of knowledge in geotechnical engineering. 

The U.S. Department of Energy’s NETL and its partner organizations are exploring concentrated solar applications, as well as conversion of waste products into fuels, in a project called “Coal Communities Regional Innovation Cluster (CCRIC)” in West Virginia’s Logan County ─ an effort supported by Congressionally directed funding. NETL engineer Matthew Adams said the project could have implications for communities across the nation.

Supported with funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Instructure Law (BIL), NETL’s development of computational models and software applications are poised to accelerate the commercialization of technologies to safely inject and store hundreds of years of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the subsurface.

NETL is part of an international team at work in Ireland to develop a project to demonstrate the feasibility of district-level hydronic heating using subsurface geothermal energy.

Daniel Boone, James Harrod and George Rogers Clark once explored the wilderness of Kentucky with little more than long rifles and curiosity to find places suitable for new settlements. More than 240 years later, a team of NETL researchers roamed much of the same turf with an array of sophisticated data and equipment to uncover long-abandoned oil and gas wells that could leak methane gas into the atmosphere.

A 10-megawatt supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) test facility recently achieved supercritical CO2 conditions in its turbine compressor section — a milestone representing a significant step forward in the NETL-sponsored project, which offers a path to lower-cost power generation.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) is implementing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Section 40303.

International Women in Engineering Day is celebrated across the globe June 23 to raise awareness about the women pursuing engineering and transforming the world with their achievements. NETL is proud to recognize its women engineers who work to address the nation’s critical energy needs.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced up to $17.7 million in funding available to support novel, early-stage research and development at eligible U.S. colleges and universities, including creating new academic curricula related to geosciences and supporting interdisciplinary training in humanities-driven science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (HDSTEM) fields.

When NETL researchers began to research the potential to recover critical minerals from rocks that are processed to remove atmospheric carbon dioxide in a practice called mineral carbonation, they expected to find valuable commodities like chromium, cobalt, and nickel. But their work also discovered valuable quantities of platinum group minerals (PGMs) — extremely precious metal commodities that are critical for the clean energy economy.