The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is recognizing outstanding entrepreneurs and small businesses during National Small Businesses Week, May 1-7. To mark the occasion NETL is highlighting the efforts of its own robust Small Business Program to enhance small business companies across the country.   

Ammonia is used to clean our homes, workplaces, schools and hospitals; treat wastewater; fertilize our crops; make chemicals; and serve as a refrigerant for cooling systems. But it also has vast potential to be a carbon-free fuel for transportation and power generation if researchers can overcome a few key hurdles — hurdles that NETL is helping to clear thanks to some new laboratory capabilities.

The latest edition of Water-Energy Nexus News is packed with research efforts undertaken by NETL and its partners to deliver world-class technology solutions that enhance the nation’s energy foundation while helping to protect water resources for future generations.

NETL Director Brian Anderson, Ph.D., will deliver first day keynote remarks at NETL’s annual Fossil Energy Carbon Management (FECM) Spring Project Review meeting Monday, May 2 - 12.

With a new $2.2 million cooperative agreement from a key NETL program that works to create novel technologies and products from carbon ore and related wastes, a research and manufacturing company with facilities in the heart of Appalachia is one step closer to building a prototype structure with carbon materials, offering a chance at revitalizing the economy in economically distressed communities.

NETL researchers will discuss transformational technologies to produce value-added products from fossil energy resources at Focus Forward 2022: West Virginia’s New Narrative, an event set for Wednesday, April 27, to ensure the Mountain State remains competitive, relevant and resilient in an evolving global economy.

NETL’s world-class artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities are being leveraged to design the cleaner, more efficient power generation systems necessary for near-term decarbonization of the nation’s power sector and economy.

The April 2022 edition of the RWFI E-Note Monthly, the newsletter of NETL’s Regional Workforce Initiative (RWFI), highlights funding opportunities for advancing undergraduate STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

In celebration of Earth Day, which is observed today, April 22, NETL proudly announces the winners of its annual Earth Day Poster Contest. This year’s contest drew approximately 1,130 entries from elementary students (grades 1-5) at schools near NETL’s sites in Albany, Oregon; Morgantown, West Virginia; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who used their creativity and imaginations to showcase their favorite ways to protect the environment.

Developers of NETL’s Multi-Functional Sorbent Technology (MUST), a suite of sorbents that offers a practical, affordable and green approach to remove contaminants from water and manufacturing processes, received a bronze award at the Edison Awards Gala held April 21 in Fort Myers, Florida.