NETL recently updated its widely used study on the performance and cost of fossil-fueled commercial power generation systems.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), announced on Oct. 19 the first set of projects funded by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and the electrical grid and for materials and components currently imported from other countries.

Across America, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) researchers in national laboratories like NETL are working together to identify and develop containment and monitoring technologies for the safe and effective underground storage of hydrogen (H2). Concurrently, planning is under way to raise public perception and acceptance of the underground storage facilities needed to help make H2 a safe and practical low-carbon fuel source for a new energy economy.

NETL geo-data scientist Jennifer Bauer will discuss the Lab’s research activities focused on legacy oil and gas infrastructure — retired pipelines, platforms and other structures that remain in place after abandonment or end of use — at the Gulf Offshore Energy Safety Informational Webinar to be held from 11 a.m. to noon ET Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022.

NETL Director Brian Anderson will deliver opening remarks at the 2022 West Virginia Governor’s Energy Summit, Oct. 25-26 at the Stonewall Resort in Roanoke, West Virginia. There, Anderson will highlight NETL’s latest developments in hydrogen energy research and the Lab’s contributions to the White House Interagency Working Group (IWG) on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization.

A transformational absorption-based carbon capture technology long supported by NETL that can help lower the cost of more effectively eliminating carbon dioxide (CO2) in a range of industrial applications is the subject of a new agreement between two technology development organizations to accelerate industrialization and scale-up.

Many of the world’s most talented energy technology experts call NETL home, and a recent analysis published by Stanford University underlines this fact, listing 25 current and former NETL researchers as being in the top 2% of global scientists.

NETL’s Regional Workforce Initiative (RWFI) will host a webinar briefing of the 2022 U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER) from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 25, to present key employment data for energy and advanced manufacturing jobs. “Energy jobs are on the rise,” said Anthony Armaly, NETL RWFI federal coordinator. “In 2021, the energy sector employed more than 7.8 million Americans. Webinar participants will learn what types of jobs are available and where they are located during our USEER webinar briefing.”

Hydrogen (H2) molecules are the smallest molecules in the universe — one of many factors that present containment challenges for maintaining the integrity of underground H2 storage capabilities. NETL researchers are devoting special care and study to understanding how best to safely store H2 in cement-sealed underground geologic formations.

NETL’s researchers will showcase the Lab’s work to identify and address the nation’s greatest energy, environmental and economic challenges during the 2022 Resource Sustainability Project Review Meeting, scheduled for Oct. 25-27 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.