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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.
Funding Opportunity Announcement
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 $20 million in funding for projects that will improve stakeholder access to region-specific information and technical assistance regarding the commercial deployment of carbon capture, transport, conversion, and storage technologies across the United States.
The National Carbon Capture Center in Alabama
When your research team’s focus is to develop the next generation of advanced carbon dioxide (CO2) capture concepts to achieve the goal of a carbon-pollution-free power sector by 2035, a visit to a renowned facility where colleagues have completed more than 129,000 hours of technology testing is like a trip to a carbon capture hall of fame.