Release Date: September 2, 2010

NETL Releases 2009 Accomplishments Report
Annual Report Highlights Research Successes of the Past Year and Century

Morgantown, W. Va. — Breakthroughs in energy research and technology development, including advances in clean fossil-based systems with carbon capture and storage, are highlighted in the just-released National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) 2009 accomplishments report. In commemoration of NETL’s 100th anniversary, the report also tells the story of the laboratory’s research over the past century.

As the research arm of the Office of Fossil Energy, NETL’s mission is to advance energy options to fuel the nation’s economy, strengthen national security, and improve the environment. Consequently, the laboratory’s scientists, engineers, and analysts seek to answer the nation’s most pressing energy challenges and pursue ways to help America maintain abundant, environmentally friendly, and secure energy resources. The successes NETL achieved in 2009 are the result of extensive onsite and contracted research, as well as collaborations with other national laboratories, government agencies, industry, academia, and international research organizations.

“Since the founding of its first predecessor laboratory in 1910, NETL has implemented a broad spectrum of complementary energy and environmental research to satisfy the energy needs of yesterday, today, and those of generations to come,” said Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy James J. Markowsky. “Its research and technology development programs are vital in supporting the U.S. Department of Energy’s mission to advance the national, economic, and energy security of the United States.”

The 2009 report is organized by the laboratory’s major research areas—advanced power systems, clean energy, and reliable supply—and provides insight into the direction in which the energy frontier is moving. The report also features NETL patents received, technologies transferred, articles written, and awards accepted, demonstrating another successful year of energy research accomplishments.