Featured Initiatives
Advanced Alloys Signature Center (AASC)
NETL’s complete alloy development center is capable of prototyping alloys at scales that easily translate to industrial practice—a single research facility able to address this national need. AASC's focus is developing feedstocks for both traditional and emerging process technologies.
Center for Fuels and Chemicals (CFC)
This NETL-led technology incubation center and consortia scales technologies to maturation that are too risky or far-term for solely private-sector investment.
Center for Microwave Chemistry (CMC)
NETL is investing in signature capabilities to explain the unique attributes of microwave-assisted technology, enabling scalable and distributed low-carbon applications.
Coal for High-Value Products
NETL enables carbon engineering technologies to transform how fossil resources are used to support U.S. energy security, manufacturing competitiveness and supply chain resilience.
Critical Minerals and Materials
NETL’s Research & Innovation Center has a broad portfolio of research to support the Department of Energy’s goal of enabling domestic supplies of critical minerals (including rare-earth elements), thereby securing U.S. leadership in materials that are essential to energy security and national security.
Natural Gas
NETL is developing next-generation technologies to strengthen the security, reliability and flexibility of the nation’s natural gas infrastructure.
Science-based Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Institute (SAMI)
This NETL-led Institute combines the strengths of our computational scientists, data scientists and subject matter experts with strategic partners to accelerate innovation while maintaining consistent practices and data integrity.
Subsurface Science
NETL is advancing subsurface engineering to unlock the full potential of America’s underground resources, supporting strategic energy storage, critical mineral recovery and efficient resource production.
Turbine System Optimization
Advanced Turbines Program is developing innovative advanced turbine technologies to enable higher efficiency and fuel flexibility with the goal of producing reliable, affordable and diverse energy supplies.











