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12.31.2012 
December 2012 Carbon Sequestration Newsletter [PDF-850KB] has been posted. |
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12.19.2012 
DOE's Carbon Utilization and Storage Atlas Estimates at Least 2,400 Billion Metric Tons of U.S. CO2 Storage Resource
The United States has at least 2,400 billion metric tons of possible carbon dioxide (CO2) storage resource in saline formations, oil and gas reservoirs, and unmineable coal seams, according to a new U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) publication. |
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11.30.2012 
November 2012 Carbon Sequestration Newsletter [PDF-1.25MB] has been posted. |
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11.20.2012 
Carbon Storage Partner Completes First Year of CO2 Injection Operations in Illinois
A project important to demonstrating the commercial viability of carbon capture, utilization and storage technology has completed the first year of injecting carbon dioxide (CO2) from an industrial plant at a large-scale test site in Illinois. |
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11.09.2012 
International Carbon Storage Body Praises Department of Energy Projects
Three U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) projects have been identified by an international carbon storage organization as an important advancement toward commercialization and large-scale deployment of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies. |
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10.30.2012 
October 2012 Carbon Sequestration Newsletter [PDF-831KB] has been posted. |
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10.17.2012 
Clean Energy Technologies a Focus of Chemical Engineers' Annual Meeting
The role of clean energy technologies in building a strong economy and improving quality of life is just one of the wide-ranging topics that will be covered at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), to be held October 28 through November 2 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pa. |
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10.04.2012 
Updated CCUS Best Practices Manual Available
An updated manual outlining best practices for monitoring, verification, and accounting of CO2 stored in geologic formations is now available on NETL's carbon storage reference shelf. The new publication is one in a series of manuals on current best practices associated with carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS). |
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10.01.2012 
LabNotes - October 2012: Ionic Liquids |
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09.24.2012 
Energy Department Announces Major Milestones for Decatur, Ill. Clean Coal Project
Today, the U.S. Energy Department marked two important milestones in the Illinois Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage (ICCS) project in Decatur, Illinois, a major clean coal project and the Department's first large-scale industrial carbon capture and storage demonstration project. |
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09.21.2012 
September 2012 Carbon Sequestration Newsletter [PDF-727KB] has been posted. |
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09.19.2012
First-Generation Risk Profiles Help Predict CO2 Storage Site Obstacles
In support of large-scale carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) projects, a collaboration of five U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories has completed first-generation risk profiles that, for the first time, offer a means to predict the probability of complications that could arise from specific carbon dioxide (CO2) storage sites. |
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09.12.2012 
New Tool Yields Custom Environmental Data for Lifecycle Analysis
A new, free online tool developed by NETL allows users to customize and analyze the environmental impact of various fuels before they are used to create power. |
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08.30.2012 
August 2012 Carbon Sequestration Newsletter [PDF-738KB] and the 2012 Carbon Sequestration Newsletter Annual Index [PDF-1MB] have been posted. |
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08.22.2012 
DOE-Sponsored Project Begins Demonstrating CCUS Technology in Alabama
Carbon dioxide (CO2) injection has begun at the world's first fully integrated coal power and geologic storage project in southwest Alabama, with the goals of assessing integration of the technologies involved and laying the foundation for future use of CO2 for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). |
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08.17.2012 
NETL Researcher Wins HENAAC Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement
The National Energy Technology Laboratory's (NETL's) Alexandra Hakala has been honored with a Great Minds in STEM™ Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corporation (HENAAC) award for Outstanding Technical Achievement. |
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07.25.2012 
July 2012 Carbon Sequestration Newsletter [PDF-904KB] has been posted. |
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07.02.2012 
June 2012 Carbon Sequestration Newsletter [PDF-963KB] has been posted. |
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06.11.2012 
NETL Publications Earn National Communications Awards
Two National Energy Technology Laboratory publications have received National Association of Government Communicators first-place awards for superior government communications. |
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06.08.2012 
New DOE "Best Practices" Manual Features Top Strategies for Carbon Storage Wells
Best practices for managing wells used to store carbon dioxide (CO2) in geologic formations are the focus of a publication just released by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). |
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06.07.2012 
Obama Administration Announces Clean Coal Research Awards for Universities Across the Country
As part of President Obama's all-of-the-above approach to American energy, the Energy Department announced that nine universities have won awards for research projects that will continue to support innovation and development of clean coal technologies. |
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05.25.2012 
May 2012 Carbon Sequestration Newsletter [PDF-898KB] has been posted. |
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05.22.2012 
DOE's Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Charles McConnell sat down with Bill Loveless from Platts TV to talk about CCUS. View the video. |
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05.14.2012 
DE-FOA-0000732: Novel Sensing and Monitoring Technologies for Subsurface Detection of CO2
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) complements a primary objective of the DOE Carbon Storage Program: to ensure 99 percent permanence through the monitoring, measurements, and accounting for CO2 injected in the geologic formations. The objective of this activity is to competitively solicit projects in novel technologies under the Crosscutting Research Program Area to support DOE Strategic Goals. |
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05.04.2012 
DOE-Sponsored Drilling Projects Demonstrate Significant CO2 Storage at Three Sites
Evaluation-related test drilling at geologic sites in three states that could store a combined 64 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions – an important component of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technology development – has been completed in projects supported by the U.S. Department of Energy. |
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05.03.2012 
Energy Department Announces New Mapping Initiative to Advance North American Carbon Storage Efforts
Today, the Energy Department joined with partners from Canada and Mexico to release the first-ever atlas mapping the potential carbon dioxide storage capacity in North America. Identifying and deploying ways to cleanly, safely and sustainably develop America's fossil fuel resources, including coal, is an important part of President Obama's all-of-the-above energy strategy. |
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04.27.2012 
April 2012 Carbon Sequestration Newsletter [PDF-964KB] has been posted. |
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03.30.2012 
NETL Shares Computing Speed, Efficiency to Tackle Energy Technology Barriers
One of the world's fastest supercomputers will be installed at the Office of Fossil Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) this summer to help develop solutions to carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technology barriers. |
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03.29.2012 
March 2012 Carbon Sequestration Newsletter [PDF-851KB] has been posted. |
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03.27.2012 
"Research Experience in Carbon Sequestration" Training Program Now Accepting Applications
A Department of Energy (DOE) program that helps graduate students and early career professionals gain hands-on field research experience in areas related to carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) is accepting applications until April 15. |
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03.08.2012 
A Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-0000652 in support of the Carbon Storage Program titled "Technologies to Ensure Permanent Geologic Carbon Storage" has been issued. |
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02.29.2012 
February 2012 Carbon Sequestration Newsletter [PDF-819KB] has been posted. |
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01.31.2012 
NETL's ORISE Scholars Step into the Spotlight
NETL has been privileged to claim many hard-working scientists over its hundred-and-two-year history. And many of these scientists first connected with NETL through Oakridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) internships. |
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01.30.2012 
January 2012 Carbon Sequestration Newsletter [PDF-887KB] has been posted. |
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01.18.2012 
Utility to Purchase Electricity from Innovative DOE-Supported Clean Coal Project
An innovative clean coal technology project in Texas will supply electricity to the largest municipally owned utility in the United States under a recently signed Power Purchase Agreement, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today. |
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01.03.2012 
December 2011 Carbon Sequestration Newsletter [PDF-969KB] has been posted. |
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