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FY26 Accomplishments

FY26 Accomplishments

October 1, 2025 - September 30, 2026 Top Stories

2026 R&D100 Winner

NETL Earns Prestigious R&D 100 Recognition as Co-Developer of REFLEX

Ruishu Wright

NETL Researcher Ruishu Wright Earns Prestigious Arthur S. Flemming Award

NETL optical fiber sensor technology enhances oil and gas pipeline safety.

NETL Technology Pinpoints Corrosion To Enhance Natural Gas Pipeline Safety

Industry professionals gathered around the demonstration furnace to see the ClearSign Core™ 2 operating live in a real-world setting. Image provided by ClearSign Technologies Corporation

ClearSign Burner Demonstrates Flexible, Low-NOx Fueling for Industrial Operations

A rotating detonation engine injector, designed by NETL researchers.

NETL Advances Next-Generation Gas Turbine Technology With Breakthrough Rotating Detonation Engine Injector

NETL’s Tammie Borders will join an elite cohort of 21 other distinguished leaders, engaging in mentorship, strategic thought leadership and interactions with key stakeholders as a 2026 Oppenheimer Science & Energy Leadership Program fellow.

NETL’s Tammie Borders Named to Prestigious Oppenheimer Science & Energy Leadership Program

Critical Minerals Survey results.

NETL Releases Critical Minerals and Materials Matchmaker Survey Results

The U.S. Department of Energy sponsored the Critical Minerals Leadership Academy, which assembled future leaders with diverse backgrounds to build a strong domestic critical minerals network and contribute to the build-out of the United States critical minerals industry.

NETL Expertise Helps Establish Critical Minerals Program at the University of Wyoming

ClaiMM is the only platform that unlocks source-to-supply insights, including in areas such as processing, manufacturing and supply chain modeling.

NETL Launches ClaiMM, the First Digital Platform Supporting Source-to-Supply Critical Minerals and Materials Research

NETL’s Ngoc Tien Huynh uses coal-derived graphite to make a lithium-ion battery for performance testing.

New NETL Catalytic Process Makes High-Quality Graphite from Coal Waste Products

Molten alloy being pressed.

NETL Patents Advance High-Temperature, Nickel-Based Alloys for Power Generation, More

Heather Dougherty receives the PCMIA Exceptional Service Award from Joseph Zelanko, PCMIA president.

NETL Research Engineer Honored by the Pittsburgh Coal Mining Institute of America

$Technology developed by NETL and the University of Pittsburgh advances enhanced oil recovery in unconventional shale formations. The mechanism changes the oil from tightly held to the rock to beading up for improved release from shale formations that have already been hydraulically fractured.$

U.S. Energy Security: New Technique May Maximize Oil Recovery from Challenging Reservoirs

Stanford University and Elsevier recognized several NETL researchers as among the top 2% of highly influential scientists in the world

NETL Researchers Recognized Among Top 2% of World’s Scientists by Stanford University and Elsevier

Large Evaporation ponds for produced water.

Texas Company Commercializes AquaTrade To Help Energy Producers Reuse and Recycle Produced Water

Gas Well Flaring

NETL Advances Microwave-Based Process for Converting Methane from Associated Natural Gas Into Valuable Products

Notice of Funding Opportunity

Energy Department Announces $355 Million to Expand Domestic Production of Critical Minerals and Materials

Energy Department Announces $100 Million to Restore America’s Coal Plants