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New Tool Yields Custom Environmental Data for Lifecycle Analysis
A new, free online tool developed by NETL allows users to customize and analyze the environmental impact of various fuels before they are used to create power.
 
International Experts on Clean Coal, Carbon Capture Technologies to Meet at Pittsburgh Coal Conference
The role of fossil fuels in the global energy portfolio, reducing the environmental impacts of coal-based energy systems, and recent advances in clean coal technology are just some of the subjects that will be discussed at the 2012 International Pittsburgh Coal Conference to be held October 15–18 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pa.
 
Energy Department Advances Research on Methane Hydrates - the World's Largest Untapped Fossil Energy Resource
The Energy Department today announced the selection of 14 new research projects across 11 states that will be a part of an expanding portfolio of projects designed to increase our understanding of methane hydrates’ potential as a future energy supply. Methane hydrates are 3D ice-lattice structures with natural gas locked inside, and are found both onshore and offshore – including under the Arctic permafrost and in ocean sediments along nearly every continental shelf in the world. Today’s projects build on the completion of a successful, unprecedented test earlier this year that was able to safely extract a steady flow of natural gas from methane hydrates on the North Slope of Alaska.
 
Favorable Supplies, Costs, Environmental Profile for Natural Gas Revealed in New Department of Energy Study
The nation’s large resource base of natural gas can be used for cost-effective power generation, with environmental burdens coming primarily from fuel combustion, not resource extraction, according to a new Department of Energy (DOE) study.  
 
DOE-Sponsored Project Begins Demonstrating CCUS Technology in Alabama
Carbon dioxide (CO2) injection has begun at the world’s first fully integrated coal power and geologic storage project in southwest Alabama, with the goals of assessing integration of the technologies involved and laying the foundation for future use of CO2 for enhanced oil recovery (EOR).
 
Novel Sorbent Achieves 90 Percent Carbon Capture in DOE-Sponsored Test
The successful bench-scale test of a novel carbon dioxide (CO2) capturing sorbent promises to further advance  the process as a possible technological option for reducing CO2 emissions from  coal-fired power plants.
 
NETL Researcher Wins HENAAC Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement
The National Energy Technology Laboratory’s (NETL’s) Alexandra Hakala has been honored with a Great Minds in STEM™ Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corporation (HENAAC) award for Outstanding Technical Achievement.
 
AVESTAR™ Captures Prestigious Technology Transfer Award 
NETL is proud to announce that Dr. Stephen Zitney, along with research engineers Mr. Eric Liese and Dr. Priyadarshi Mahapatra, have earned a 2012 Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) Technology Transfer award in the Mid-Atlantic region for their work developing the AVESTAR™ (“Advanced Virtual Energy Simulation Training And Research”) system.
 

NETL-Supported Nanotechnology Benefits Transportation, Energy Sectors

The commercialization of an advanced, erosion-resistant nanocoating for compressor blades, developed with assistance from NETL, promises to benefit both the nation’s transportation and energy sectors—saving fuel, cutting carbon emissions, reducing operational costs, and extending part life.

Gas turbine blades can be damaged by pollutants, sand, and even water droplets, reducing efficiency.
 
Second Phase of Innovative Technology Project to Capture CO2, Produce Biofuels Launched in Ohio 
A novel method to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from flue gas and produce biofuels has been formally launched in the second phase of a Department of Energy (DOE) project at a nursery in Ohio. Successful application of the process could eventually help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide a source of liquid biofuels and biogas, reducing U.S. dependence on foreign energy sources.
 
Seven Projects That Will Advance Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Research Selected by DOE for Further Development
Seven projects that will help develop low-cost solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology for environmentally responsible central power generation from the Nation’s abundant fossil energy resources have been selected for further research by the Department of Energy (DOE).
 
Energy Department Announces Awards to Projects Advancing Innovative Clean Coal Technology
As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above approach to American energy, the Energy Department announced today the selection of eight projects to advance the development of transformational oxy-combustion technologies capable of high-efficiency, low-cost carbon dioxide capture from coal-fired power plants. The Energy Department’s $7 million investment - leveraged with recipient cost-share to support approximately $9.4 million in total projects - will support the development and deployment of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) by focusing on further improving the efficiency and reducing the costs associated with carbon capture.
 
 

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