01.31.2011 Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA0000403 entitled "Bench-Scale and Slipstream Development and Testing of Post-Combustion Carbon Dioxide Capture and Separation Technology for Application to Existing Coal-Fired Power Plants" has been posted in our Business Solicitation area.
01.24.2011 Notice of Intent to Issue DE-FOA0000459 entitled, “Enabling Technologies for High-Hydrogen Fueled Turbines [University Turbine Systems Research (UTSR) FY11] has been posted in our Business Solicitation area.
01.19.2011 Robert Noll Selected as General Engineer [PDF-60KB]
The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has selected Robert Noll as a general engineer. He will work on sequestration projects.
01.19.2011 First Issue of Fossil Energy Today Now Available
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy has launched a new digital newsletter, Fossil Energy Today. The newsletter, to be published quarterly, will provide readers with updates on important activities, progress and other developments within Fossil Energy in
an easily accessible and readable format.
01.18.2011 DOE Manual Studies Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration
There is considerable opportunity and growing technical sophistication to make terrestrial carbon sequestration both practical and effective, according to the latest CCS "best practices" manual issued by DOE.
01.18.2011 NETL Researchers Receive USGS Awards for Exemplary Service to Nation
For their efforts in providing accurate estimates of the leakage rates at the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, three NETL researchers have earned national recognition from the U.S. Geological Survey.
01.13.2011
Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA00000446 entitled "Program Year 2011 Weatherization Formula Grants" has been posted in our Business Solicitation area.
01.06.2011 DOE/NETL Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage RD&D Roadmap Released
Prepared by the Existing Plants and Sequestration R&D Programs, this report provides an overview of DOE/NETL’s RD&D efforts to provide cost-effective advanced CO2 capture and storage technologies for coal-based power systems.
01.05.2011 DOE "Best Practices" Manual Focuses on Site Selection for CO2 Storage
The most promising methods for assessing potential carbon dioxide geologic storage sites – a crucial component of Carbon Capture and Storage technology – is the focus of the latest in a series of U.S. Department of Energy CCS "best practices" manuals.
01.04.2011 DOE-Supported Coal Cleaning Technology Succeeds in Commercial Demonstration
A novel technology that could help release some of the currently unusable energy in an estimated 2 billion tons of U.S. coal waste has been successfully demonstrated by a Department of Energy (DOE) supported project.