You just can’t drink enough soda to create a market for bottling and storing all the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But as researchers look for ways to stave off global warming by reducing atmospheric CO2, many have turned to a related idea. Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) is one strategy–along with others… Keep reading →
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Monday, August 4, 2014, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dr. Ernest Moniz released the following statement regarding Dr. Grace M. Bochenek becoming the new director of the National Energy Technology Laboratory: “This week, the Department of Energy welcomes Dr. Grace M. Bochenek as the new director of the National Energy Technology Laboratory… Keep reading →
As the United States transitions to cleaner, greener sources of power, the Energy Department is investing in technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from burning the fossil fuels that many areas of our country still rely upon. Recently, theNational Energy Technology Laboratory partnered with Great River Energy to increase operating efficiencies and reduce the emission of… Keep reading →
NETL has stated nothing of concern has thus far been found for preliminary results of its ongoing hydraulic fracturing study at Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale. On July 19, 2013, the Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) released a preliminary statement of its ongoing hydraulic fracturing study at two Pennsylvania drilling sites. NETL stated that… Keep reading →
