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NETL’s Nicholas Siefert (far right) discusses the recently developed NEWTS database as well as the NEWTS dashboard being developed by the Lab that displays sites across the nation where energy-related wastewater stream samples and composition data have been collected. Others contributing to the development of this online tool included NETL’s Madison Wenzlick (far left) and Alexis Hammond, a Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship research associate. (PI: Burt Thomas; Dashboard Developer: Devin Justman, not shown).
Community leaders and water researchers can now access publicly available online datasets curated and processed by NETL to better understand the composition of energy-related wastewater streams. The data will help mitigate environmental risks and identify possible sources of valuable critical minerals (CMs).
Alexandra “Ale” Hakala, Ph.D., and Joseph Stoffa, PhD.
A pair of NETL employees — Alexandra “Ale” Hakala, Ph.D., and Joseph Stoffa, PhD. — have been named Fellows in the 2023 cohort of the Oppenheimer Science and Energy Leadership Program (OSELP), the premier, yearlong leadership development initiative of the National Laboratory Directors’ Council (NLDC).
The process of flaring at a gas and oil production site.
Often, bright orange flames can be seen dancing atop vertical pipes that rise above landscapes where oil and gas is retrieved from below the ground. It’s called flaring and it is a way to dispose of associated gases that come with oil production. It’s a practice that has been used for nearly 160 years when other options for the use or transport of the gas are not readily available to the producers, but it’s also a source of greenhouse gas emissions and significant waste of a valuable natural resource that could be used to make useable products.
A group photo of all of the project experts standing in front of Capitol Hill
NETL’s commitment to driving innovation and delivering solutions for an environmentally sustainable and prosperous energy future requires more than state-of-the-art research facilities and a talented roster of talented researchers. It also requires the kind of departmental leadership that can empower innovative thinking through keen project management skills.
Piles of various powdered minerals.
Editor’s note: In 2021, NETL awarded nearly $1 million to six recipients for project development under funding opportunity announcement (FOA) 2404, Advanced Processing of Rare Earth Elements and Critical Minerals for Industrial and Manufacturing Applications. This is the second article highlighting these projects. Each article reviews three projects.
Funding Opportunity Announcement
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) and National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) announced $2.5 million in funding for four training and research projects to be conducted at U.S colleges and universities.
The team involved with the National Clean Cities Training Workshop.
An award-winning National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) team that assists and guides a nationwide network of Clean Cities coalitions played key roles in the National Clean Cities Training Workshop in Denver, Colorado that attracted more than 180 participants from around the nation who fine-tuned their expertise in strategies for advancing alternative, and energy-efficient transportation fuels and technologies.
Funding Opportunity Announcement
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), announced yesterday the launch of four programs that will help build a commercially viable, just, and responsible carbon dioxide removal industry in the United States.
Sam Clegg of the Los Alamos National Laboratory tests a portable system to find concentrations of rare earth elements. Clegg is the project’s principal investigator.
As demand for rare earth elements (REEs) and critical minerals (CMs) increases, research completed with NETL support and oversight has advanced the development of a lightweight tool that can be carried into the field to measure concentrations of these valuable materials in coal wastes and byproducts.
NETL NEWS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) today announced $5.3 million in funding for five cutting-edge projects that will advance research supporting the domestic production of rare earth elements and other critical minerals.