NETL expertise and oversight played a significant role in completing the first successful field test of a direct air capture (DAC) technology at the National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC).

NETL researchers have successfully operated a new modular rotating detonation engine (RDE) combustor that offers full optical access to the fuel/air injectors, the combustion channel and across the exhaust duct. This will assist with acquiring crucial measurements to help accelerate the development of highly efficient RDE technology for power generation.

The application period is open to become a summer intern at NETL through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship (MLEF) Program. The MLEF Program offers summer research internships for undergraduate and graduate students preparing for energy-related careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). MLEF interns are mentored by NETL scientists and engineers while completing research projects focused on developing clean energy technologies and moving the nation toward net-zero emissions.

NETL’s new CO2-Locate web application, now available on NETL’s EDX®, offers decision makers access to a wide swath of information needed to help create a net-zero carbon emissions power sector. The application is one of several new, innovative tools developed with funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Growing up in southern West Virginia, Kristyn Johnson May, a mechanical engineer at NETL who recently won an exciting science communication competition, learned early about the importance of poise, confidence and other skills for effective public speaking.

As a result of the National Energy Technology Laboratory’s (NETL) collaboration through an interagency agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Methane Emission Reduction Program (MERP), the U.S. oil and gas industries now have expanded access to information about private sector providers of advanced methane monitoring technologies for use in selecting, plugging and mitigating leaks from marginal conventional wells (MCWs) that dot much of the nation’s oil and gas-producing regions.

When an autumn frost descends on southwestern Pennsylvania, NETL’s Thomas Tarka can sometimes detect an aroma in the crisp fall air that can only mean one thing.

A growing roster of technology companies from around the globe are partnering with NETL to unleash direct air capture (DAC) as a powerful tool in the fight to mitigate the climate crisis.

Researchers at NETL and the University of California San Diego have completed a series of studies that found hydrogen — a low-carbon fuel with tremendous potential to help the United States meet its climate change goals — can be stored in the subsurface without significantly altering the layer of protective shale caprock, which seals the storage reservoir and prevents the migration of the gas.

A recent analysis published by Stanford University included 24 current and former NETL researchers in the top 2% of global scientists, demonstrating the level of talent and expertise the Lab is bringing to bear on the nation’s decarbonization goals.