Hannah Sieger, NETL’s contracting officer representative (COR) for the upcoming Direct Air Capture (DAC) Center, grew up watching as evidence and effects of climate change mounted, and today she stands ready to support the Lab as it works to address this challenge. The testing and development of DAC technologies is an essential component of achieving a low-carbon economy and a tool to help mitigate some of the environmental issues the nation is facing.
Washington — As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced over $444 million to support sixteen selected projects across twelve states that will fight climate change by bolstering the nation’s carbon management industry.
Developed by NETL researchers in coordination with the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), Carbon Matchmaker, an online information hub, connects users across the carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) community and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) supply chains, helping to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions through strong public-private partnerships in a just and sustainable way.
As a recognized leader in research data curation, collaboration and virtualization for the national decarbonization effort, NETL’s geo-data infrastructure work was on display at national summits in October. The Lab’s digital infrastructure and resources are invaluable in advancing decarbonization projects related to carbon capture and storage (CCS), critical minerals (CM) and hydrogen.
Representatives from NETL showcased the Lab’s research to decarbonize the U.S. economy and power sector through advances in carbon management and hydrogen energy, among other initiatives, during the 2023 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting.
The 2nd Annual University of Pittsburgh Infrastructure Sensing Workshop (UPISW) highlighted the exchange of ideas on the development of sensor technologies for monitoring infrastructure, energy delivery and storage, conventional and renewable energy generation, carbon storage, operation of the nation’s electrical grid, and other topics.
An NETL expert recently discussed the need for state-of-the-art sensor technologies, such as those advanced by Lab researchers, that can monitor the nation’s extensive network of new and existing pipelines and other distribution infrastructure to pinpoint deterioration and potential gas leaks.
NETL experts took part in the recent Global Direct Air Capture Conference, a two-day event that brought together global leaders and innovators who are working to develop direct air capture (DAC) as a robust, cost-effective and environmentally just technology to remove greenhouse gas from the atmosphere.
A drill conducted at the NETL research campus in Albany, Oregon, gave firefighters and the Lab’s emergency response organization (ERO) the opportunity to overcome several challenging obstacles and coordinate efforts in a simulation to rescue personnel trapped in a confined space filled with toxic gas.
NETL researchers played key roles in a national meeting at Penn State University that focused on advancing the design and operation of gas turbines in support of the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management’s (FECM) Advanced Turbines Program goals.
The NETL University Turbine Systems Research (NETL-UTSR) program manages a portfolio of university-based turbine research projects funded by FECM, which sponsors the annual UTSR meeting where projects within the Advanced Turbines Program are publicly reviewed.