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Coal Ash Recovery Could Pump the Domestic Rare Earth Metals Supply

Currently REEs are used in catalysts, cell phones, hard drives, hybrid engines, lasers, magnets, medical devices, televisions and other applications.

NETL Researcher Alexandra Hakala To Receive U.S. Government’s Highest Honor for Early Career Research Scientists

Dr. Alexandra Hakala, a geochemist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), has been named as a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)—the highest honor the U.S. government can bestow on scientists or engineers in the early stages of their research careers.

 

Smart Sensing Technology Moving Toward Commercialization

Sensing technology developed for gas turbines by the United Technologies Research Center as part of a cooperative agreement with NETL is advancing toward commercial use. The technology, called ATOMeS, seamlessly integrates wireless sensors into turbine engine components using additive manufacturing—a process for building objects by adding layer upon layer of material, similar to 3D printing.

U.S. Energy and Employment Report

The U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER) is the agency’s annual analysis of how changes in America’s energy profile are affecting national employment in multiple energy sectors.