Issued in 2009
May 14, 2009
DOE Expedition Discovers World's First Resource-Quality Gas Hydrate Deposit
The Office of Fossil Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory has established that gas hydrate can and does occur at high saturations within reservoir-quality sands in the Gulf of Mexico.
May 14, 2009
DOE Report Assesses Potential for Carbon Dioxide Storage Beneath Federal Lands
The National Energy Technology Laboratory has released a report that provides an initial estimate of the potential to store CO2 underneath millions of acres of Federal lands.
May 08, 2009
President Requests $881.6 Million for Fossil Energy Programs
President Obama's FY 2010 budget seeks $881.6 million for the Office of Fossil Energy to support improved energy security and rapid development of climate-oriented technology.
April 22, 2009
New Oxygen-Production Technology Proving Successful
Air Products and Chemicals Inc. and DOE have partnered to develop the Ion Transport Membrane Oxygen, a revolutionary new oxygen-production technology that requires less energy and offers lower capital costs than conventional technologies.
April 14, 2009
DOE-Funded Primer Underscores Technology Advances, Challenges of Shale Gas Development
DOE announces the release of "Modern Shale Gas Development in the United States: A Primer," an objective source of information on the technology advances and challenges that accompany deep shale gas development.
April 08, 2009
DOE Lauds Successful U.S.-U.K. Collaborative Effort
DOE has announced numerous accomplishments coming out of a multi-year collaboration in the area of advanced materials research between the United States and the United Kingdom.
April 06, 2009
First U.S. Large-Scale CO2 Storage Project Advances
Drilling nears completion for the first large-scale carbon dioxide injection well in the United States for CO2 sequestration.
March 31, 2009
DOE-Funded Project Shows Promise for Tapping Vast U.S. Oil Shale Resources
A technology as simple as an advanced heater cable may hold the secret for tapping into the nation's largest source of oil, which is contained in vast amounts of shale in the American West.
March 26, 2009
DOE-Sponsored Technology Enhances Recovery of Natural Gas in Wyoming
Research sponsored by DOE has found a way to distinguish between groundwater and the water co-produced with coalbed natural gas, thereby boosting opportunities to tap into the vast supply of natural gas in Wyoming as well as Montana.
March 25, 2009
DOE to Build Hydrogen Fuel Test Facility at West Virginia Airport
FE's National Energy Technology Laboratory announced plans to construct and operate a hydrogen fuel production plant and vehicle fueling station at the Yeager Airport in Charleston, W.Va.
March 24, 2009
Fuel Cell Stacks Still Going Strong After 5,000 Hours
Two fuel cell stacks developed by FuelCell Energy in partnership with Versa Power Systems achieved 5,000 hours of service in February, meeting a goal of DOE's Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance.
March 19, 2009
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Successfully Powers Truck Cab and Sleeper in DOE-Sponsored Test
In a test sponsored by DOE, a Delphi auxiliary power unit employing an SOFC successfully operated the electrical system and air conditioning of a Peterbilt Model 386 truck while simulating idling conditions for 10 hours.
March 17, 2009
DOE Releases Report on Techniques to Ensure Safe, Effective Geologic Carbon Sequestration
The National Energy Technology Laboratory has created a comprehensive new document that examines existing and emerging techniques to monitor, verify, and account for carbon dioxide stored in geologic formations.
March 10, 2009
DOE Regional Partnership Initiates CO2 Injection in Lignite Coal Seam
A DOE/NETL team of regional partners has begun injecting CO2 into a deep lignite coal seam in Burke County, North Dakota, to demonstrate the viability of geologic CO2 storage in the Great Plains region.
March 10, 2009
DOE-Supported Project Demonstrates Benefits of Constructed Wetlands to Treat Non-Traditional Water Sources
In a pilot-scale test supported by FE, Clemson University researchers have shown that manmade or "constructed" wetlands can be used to treat non-traditional water sources which could then be used in power plants or for other purposes.
March 04, 2009
DOE Planning Solicitations in Support of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
The National Energy Technology Laboratory, on behalf of DOE's Office of Fossil Energy, is releasing Notice of Intent to issue four Funding Opportunity Announcements in support of the Recovery Act of 2009.
February 27, 2009
DOE Partner Begins Injecting 50,000 Tons of CO2 in Michigan Basin
A U.S. Department of Energy team of regional partners has begun injecting 50,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) into a Michigan geologic formation believed to be capable of storing hundreds of years worth of CO2.
February 25, 2009
DOE Project Leads to New Alliance to Promote Low-Impact Drilling
A project supported by FE's National Energy Technology Laboratory has given rise to a major new research consortium to promote advanced technology for low-impact oil and gas drilling.
February 19, 2009
DOE Seeks Applications for Tracking Carbon Dioxide Storage in Geologic Formations
DOE today issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement to enhance the capability to simulate, track, and evaluate the potential risks of CO2 storage in geologic formations.
February 17, 2009
Carbon Sequestration Partner Initiates Drilling of CO2 Injection Well in Illinois Basin
The Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium has begun drilling the injection well for their large-scale carbon dioxide injection test in Decatur, Illinois.
February 13, 2009
NETL Inventions Earn 2009 Technology Transfer Awards
Two technologies developed by researchers at the FE's National Energy Technology Laboratory have earned 2009 Excellence in Technology Transfer Awards from the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer.
February 11, 2009
DOE Regional Partner Initiates CO2 Injection Study in Virginia
A team of regional partners has begun injecting CO2 into coal seams in the Central Appalachian Basin to determine the feasibility of CO2 storage.
February 09, 2009
DOE Award Results in Several Patents, Potential Increased Coal Recovery
Researchers at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va., have developed and patented an advanced technology called a hyperbaric centrifuge that can successfully remove water from very fine coal slurries.
February 05, 2009
SECA Fuel Cell Program Moves Two Key Projects Into Next Phase
The U.S. Department of Energy has selected two projects for continuation within the Department's Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) Program research portfolio.
February 03, 2009
DOE Receives $57.2 Million in Revenue Sharing Agreement
DOE has received a payment of $57.2 million from the Dakota Gasification Company, a subsidiary of Basin Electric Power Generation, pursuant to a revenue sharing agreement.
January 16, 2009
Contracts Awarded for Acquisition of Crude Oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
DOE has awarded contracts to purchase 10,683,000 barrels of crude oil at a cost of $553 million for the Department's Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
January 02, 2009
DOE to Resume Filling Strategic Petroleum Reserve
DOE issues solicitation to purchase approximately 12 million barrels of crude oil for the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve to replenish supplies sold following hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.
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