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Message from the Director

In May 2001, the Bush Administration issued the National Energy

Policy, which provides recommendations to promote the dependable,

affordable, and environmentally sound production and distribution of

energy for the future. The goals of the new U.S. energy policy include:

 • Increasing energy conservation and efficiency,

 • Protecting America's environment,

 • Increasing domestic energy supplies,

 • Increasing the use of renewable and alternative energy,

 • Modernizing the energy delivery system, and

 • Enhancing national energy security.

The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) is the Department of Energy's fossil-energy research laboratory. NETL supports the

goals in the National Energy Policy by developing technologies that can provide affordable energy without

compromising the quality of life for future generations of Americans. Our portfolio of energy technologies

encompasses coal-fired power generation, natural gas-fired power generation including fuel cells and combustion turbines, carbon sequestration, gas and oil production and transmission, and the production of clean

liquid fuels for the transportation and other end-use sectors.

To carry out our mission, we partner with industry, universities, other national and federal laboratories,

private research organizations, and other federal and state agencies. We have over 1,100 research and

demonstration activities underway at locations across the United States and in numerous other countries.

We also conduct on-site research at our laboratories in Morgantown and Pittsburgh.

In addition to our fossil energy activities, NETL also provides support to other parts of the Department

of Energy. For the Office of Environmental Management, we support the development and deployment

of environmental technologies to reduce the cost and risk of remediating the Department's weapons

complex.

NETL supports the Department's goal to use best business and management practices. We run our organization like a business and are accountable for the results. The following report is a record of our accomplishments for fiscal year (FY) 2000.
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This report responds to the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 by describing how NETL

has spent taxpayer funds and the benefits achieved.

I am proud of NETL's record. Our partnerships for contracted research and our on-site research have

resulted in:

• Higher efficiency, ultra-clean power generation technologies that conserve our energy resources

and provide affordable, environmentally sound energy for consumers.

• Advanced technologies to produce energy from hard-to-reach resources, which expand our

supply base and lower the cost of producing energy.

• Efficient methods for reducing emissions from our existing fleet of power plants, which enhance

our environment and keep power production costs at reasonable levels.

Please take the time to look at this first annual accomplishments report. I believe the achievements speak

for themselves.

Thank you,

Rita A. Bajura

Director

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Table of Contents

NETL: Building America’s Future ........................................................................................................................... 1

NETL Today ............................................................................................................................................................... 3

Mission ......................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Vision .......................................................................................................................................................................... 5

NETL’s Contributions to the Energy Future ......................................................................................................... 7

NETL’s Programmatic Accomplishments – FY 2000 .......................................................................................... 8

Plans for the Future .................................................................................................................................................... 24
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NETL: Building America’s Future

Introduction

The history of the National Energy Technology

Laboratory (NETL) dates back to 1910, moves forward to the early stages of

synthetic fuel development

in the 1940s, and opens

a new chapter today, with

its recently defined role as

a national laboratory. Gaining new status as a national

laboratory, along with its

emerging leadership role in

natural gas and oil research,

NETL, more than ever can

turn its legacy of achievements into public benefits. To capture those

achievements, NETL has prepared this Accomplishments Report to illustrate how the programs

NETL implements for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) serve as a tool for building America’s

energy future. This report examines NETL’s

achievements in energy supply, reliability,

affordability, policy support, and

environmental issues; our capability

to reduce costs and expedite environmental remediation within the

DOE Weapons Complex; and our

contribution to best business practices within the Department.

NETL’s history, emerging national

role, and record of achievements

are indelibly linked to the nation’s

past and future need for fossil fuels.

America’s Reliance of Fossil Fuels

Fossil Fuel Use

Background

America’s economic engine is fueled primarily

by fossil fuels. Coal, oil, and natural gas supply

85 percent of the nation’s

total energy, 68 percent of

its electricity, and nearly

100 percent of its transportation fuels. And, by 2020,

largely because of the projected growth in natural gas

consumption, DOE forecasts that fossil fuels will be

supplying 90 percent of the

nation’s energy. In fact,

America’s abundance of

coal and natural gas, and the low costs of these

fuels, are the main reasons why U.S. consumers

benefit from some of the lowest electricity rates of

any free market economy. Our economy is strong

largely because of these fuels. Our environment is

becoming cleaner because we have invested in clean

coal and other low-polluting technologies.

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The Fossil Energy program can trace its roots back

to the early part of the 20th century. Concerns over

crude oil dominated much of its early history. However, in the 1970s, environmental concerns became

as important as energy security concerns. Federal

fossil-energy research programs emphasized technologies that could reduce the emissions of sulfur

dioxide and nitrogen oxides – precursors to acid

rain and smog, respectively. Environmental protection efforts in the oil and gas industries came in the

form of smaller “footprints,” and better handling

of production wastes. Federal research facilities

established in the post-World War II era to develop

synthetic fuels shifted much of their research focus

toward solving the environmental problems associated with fossil-derived fuels.

More recently, the research has shifted to answer

the question, “How can we do it better?” The increasing threat of power outages spreading beyond

California, recent explosions in aging gas pipelines

and storage facilities in New Mexico and Kansas,

power transmission bottlenecks in the Northwest

and New England, gas pipeline constraints in the

Northeast, continued uncertainty over the actions

of OPEC and other crude suppliers, and concerns

Energy Production and Use Impacts U.S. Economy

and Environment

over climate change all raise concerns over

whether the United States can continue to rely on

the fuels that have powered its economic growth.

Higher electricity rates and natural gas prices are

affecting most Americans. Rising crude oil prices

are reflected in increased gasoline and heating oil

prices, creating an economic strain on consumers.

And, while energy conservation remains an important objective, Americans now recognize the importance of a stable energy supply. Holding onequarter of all the world’s coal and vast supplies

of natural gas – although in increasingly harderto-produce resources – the U.S. still has remaining

nearly two-thirds of its crude oil reserves. Yet, we

lack the technology to tap the full potential of

these resources in an affordable and environmentally sound manner.

With concerns such as these in mind, NETL currently spearheads an extensive array of government-industry projects addressing environmental

and energy supply issues. U.S. consumers can be

assured that the nation’s leading scientists are

applying the most advanced research methods to

develop technologies for our nation and our

future.

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NETL Today

NETL is the Fossil Energy laboratory for the U.S. Department of

Energy, providing expertise in fossil energy supply, delivery, and

end-use technologies.

In the 1990s, NETL’s focus expanded to include work in environmental remediation as a constructive approach for cleaning up DOE

sites that contained radioactive,

chemical, and other hazardous

wastes left behind after 50 years of

nuclear weapons production.

In 1997, the fossil energy research centers in Pittsburgh, PA, and Morgantown, WV, merged under

single management to become the Federal Energy

Technology Center. In 1999, the center was

elevated to national laboratory status and renamed

the National Energy Technology Laboratory,

becoming the Department’s 15th national laboraInterwoven Considerations: Availability, Affordability, Acceptability

Electric Power

Coal

Production

Clean Liquid Fuels Natural Gas

Exploration &

Production

Refining &

Delivery

Transportation

Exploration &

Production

Pipelines & 

Storage

Power

Generation

Power 

Delivery

Power 

Generation

NETL Plays Key Role in Fossil Energy Supply, Delivery, and Use

Computational

Energy Science

Virtual demonstrations of

energy plants

of the future

Carbon

Sequestration

Science

Large

stationary

sources of CO2

Ultra-Clean

Fuels

For highefficiency

transportation

systems

Gas Energy

Systems

Dynamics

Gaseous-fueled

power

generation

systems

 Conduct On-Science & Technology Research

• Four Focus Areas

and Two Technology

Clusters

• Research Laboratories

at Morgantown and

Pittsburgh

• Involves 1/3 of Staff

• 31 CRADAs

tory. A Strategic Center for Natural Gas and four

on-site research Focus Areas were created. In 2000,

the National Petroleum Technology Office in Tulsa

became part of the NETL.

Today, NETL’s extramural programs comprise

more than 1,100 joint government-industry projects

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in all 50 states. These projects are carried out at our

on-site research laboratories and through cost-sharing arrangements with corporations, small-businesses, universities, and other national laboratories

and government agencies. As a federal organization,

NETL does not compete with its partners to commercialize technologies; NETL’s partnerships help

to successfully implement Research Development

and Demonstration (RD&D) programs that lead to

commercialized products and services for the

American public. Early in the RD&D process, these

partnerships can benefit from intellectual contributions and cost-sharing with the private sector, brining about a better understanding of end user needs

and providing an intrinsic technology transfer

mechanism to accelerate the deployment of new

technologies in the market place.

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Shaping, Funding & Managing Extramural RD&D

• 1,100 research activities in all

50 states and 16 countries

• Total award value of $7.9 billion

• Private sector cost sharing of

$4.0 billion

- Leverages DOE funding

- Ensures relevance

- Mission accomplishment only

through commercialization

• 53 active MOUs and MOAs
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Mission

As DOE’s newest national laboratory, NETL supports DOE’s mission by:

• Resolving the environmental, supply, and reliability constraints of producing and using

fossil energy resources to provide Americans with a stronger economy, healthier environment, and more secure future;

• Supporting, developing, and deploying environmental technologies that lower the cost

and reduce the risk of remediating DOE’s Weapons Complex and commercial nuclear

site; and

• Contributing to best business and management practices within DOE.

NETL shapes its vision around the ever-increasing world demand for energy in the 21st century. To meet

those demands, NETL focuses its vision on cleaner, more efficient, and affordable ways to use the nation’s

traditional fuels. NETL provides scientific and technological advances to help sustain, and even increase,

the production and use of fossil energy. To do so, NETL’s vision includes:

• Providing technology and policy options to ensure that the Unites States has a reliable,

affordable, and environmentally sound energy supply.

• Developing and deploying innovative environmental technologies.

• Conducting on-site research activities in carbon sequestration, ultraclean fuels, energy

system simulation, and gas energy system dynamics.

• Achieving business excellence, as a safe and rewarding place to work and with ability

to deliver results.

Vision

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Outcomes from NETL’s Programs

NETL’s Contributions

to the Energy Future

The federal government’s historic investment in fossil energy has paid dividends.

Technological advancement, driven in large

part by DOE’s partnerships with industry,

is one reason why Americans continue to

benefit from relatively low energy costs

compared to the rest of the world. Six

major outcomes from NETL’s programs

are identified.

New technologies have led to remarkable

progress in reducing the amount of air

emissions produced by fossil-fuel-fired

power plants. For example, the amounts

of sulfur and nitrogen pollutants for the

average U.S. coal-fired power plant have

declined by 70 percent and 45 percent, respectively.

This has enabled the use of coal to more than

double since 1970, and for the United States to

meet its environmental objectives of clean air.

The products of the Fossil Energy program include

technologies, such as fluidized-bed combustors, that

capture sulfur inside the combustion chamber (now

sold by every major boiler manufacturer); low-NOx

burners (now found in 75 percent of the nation’s

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Emissions from Coal Plants

coal-fired power capacity); gasification combinedcycle power systems (now operating in Florida and

Indiana); ultra-high efficiency gas turbines (planned

for installation at a power plant in New York); and

fuel cells (being demonstrated at many sites across

the country).

Technological advances have resulted in today’s

“footprint” for oil and gas wells (the land area required for drilling the well and its completion if the

well is successful) being ten times smaller

than for wells in the 1970s. Better detection

and drilling tools have nearly doubled success rates in finding new oil and gas supplies, resulting in fewer dry holes and less

environmental disturbance. Oil fields that

would have been abandoned in Utah and

Kansas continue to operate because of improved technology demonstrated in DOE’s

programs. DOE-private sector cooperation

in developing horizontal drilling helped to

revitalize oil fields in Michigan and gas production in the Rocky Mountains. “Secondary gas recovery” development has done

the same for gas fields in South Texas and

the Mid-Continent.

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Advanced Turbine System

Many of the accomplishments cited in this summary

have translated directly into measurable energy,

environmental, and economic benefits.

• DOE-industry partnerships in developing

advanced technologies have added more

than 100 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of producible gas resources, resulting in increased production while adding to our

proven natural gas reserve base. These

gains span several types of gas resources –

tight gas formations, coalbed methane,

and mature producing fields; and represent a wide spectrum of geographic locations – the Rocky Mountains, the MidContinent, and the Gulf Coast.

• DOE’s investment in fluidized-bed technology has resulted in every major U.S.

boiler manufacturer offering this cost-effective method for burning virtually any

low-grade fuel, while reducing the amount

of air emissions. In Pennsylvania alone,

from 1990 to 2000, fluidized-bed combustors have saved nearly a quarter of a billion dollars by burning waste coal cleanly.

• The Advanced Turbine Systems government/industry partnership has produced

a new generation of high-efficiency turbines, and the first commercial order has

been booked. Turbines delivered through

2005 are expected to save consumers

more than $8 billion over the systems’

30-year life.

• Federal investment in selective catalytic

reduction (SCR), a technology for reducing NOx emissions from power plants, has

reduced the costs of this technology by

nearly 50 percent, translating to a savings

of more than $17 billion over the lifetime

of plants installed through 2005 throughout the United States.

• DOE committed to R&D for coalbed

methane and gas production from shale

when it was too risky to attract industry

support. Our program helped develop

technologies so that today, coalbed methane and gas from shale provide about

7 percent of the domestic production.

• Twenty-two oil field demonstrations of

advanced and underutilized technologies,

along with the transfer of successful technologies to adjacent, similar reservoirs

may provide more than 10 billion barrels

of additional production over 10 years.

One Michigan project that used horizontal

wells to tap previously unproducible oil

is now expected to add 200 million

barrels of oil to the nation’s supply over

10 years.

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NETL’s Programmatic Accomplishments –

FY 2000

The goals of the U.S. Department of Energy are to advance the nation’s energy, environmental, economic,

and national security. According to DOE’s Annual Performance Plan for FY 2000, goals are accomplished

within DOE’s four-business-line framework: Energy Resources, Science, Environmental

Quality, and National Security. The business lines are supported by Corporate Management, which

comprises safety and health, good business practices, and communication and trust.

The objectives used to determine NETL’s FY 2000 accomplishments are based on objectives contained

in DOE’s Annual Performance Plan for FY 2001. More specifically, within each of the four business lines,

there are specific objectives, measurements, and strategies for achieving DOE’s goals. NETL plays

an important role in ensuring that the Department meets those objectives.

Note: Not all of the objectives within DOE’s Annual Performance Plan coincide with NETL’s mission and,

as a result, only those objectives that align with NETL Programs are included.

Energy Resources (ER)

NETL’s vision is to be a recognized national leader, providing technology and policy options to ensure that

the United States has a reliable, affordable, and environmentally sound energy supply. This means reducing

the vulnerability of the U.S. economy to energy-supply disruptions; ensuring that competitively priced electricity is available; increasing the efficiency and productivity of energy use; supporting U.S. environmental,

energy, and economic interests in a global market; and carrying out information collection, analysis,

and research.

DOE Objective ER1: Promote reliable, affordable,

clean, and diverse domestic fuel supplies.

NETL Accomplishments:

Strategic Center for Natural Gas (SCNG) –

The SCNG was established at NETL in

December 1999 to coordinate DOE activities

in natural gas research and development (R&D),

analysis, and policy development to support

the national strategy for natural gas. NETL

R&D programs allow conversion of remote or

otherwise stranded natural gas supplies, such as

those in Alaska, to liquid

fuels that can be more easily transported to markets,

as well as recover quality

fuel from low-quality gas

to power steam generators.

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Natural Gas Upgrading – As part of the Natural

Gas Processing Program, the Institute of Gas

Technology has conducted field demonstrations

of advanced gas processing methods to show

that pipeline-quality natural gas can be produced from low-quality natural gas resources.

The Morphysorb acid gas removal process is

one example of this technology, which has been

made commercially available to the gas processing industry. As a result, previously abandoned

U.S. gas can be treated and is now available as a

resource.

Advanced Drilling Completion and Stimulation – Research has reduced costs by reducing

the drilling footprint. Advanced drill cuttings

transport saves millions of dollars in disposal

costs. Under the National Laboratory/Industry

Partnership Program,

advances have been

made in the development of micro-drilling,

slim-hole drilling, and

coiled-tubing drilling.

As a result: federal royalty revenues have increased $4 million during FY 2000. Typical

onshore drilling and

completion costs have

dropped by about 20

percent from an average

of about $500,000 per

well in the 1980s to

about $400,000 per well

today. Offshore drilling

and completion costs

of about $5.5 million per well in the 1980s have

dropped to $4.3 million today. New exploration

and drilling technology has on average doubled

the amount of oil or gas supplies developed per

well since 1985.

Effective Environmental Protection – NETL

research has resulted in the development of new

procedures for sampling and measuring vapor

pressure for oil storage tanks in California. The

new procedures are expected to result in

changes in California regulations, saving the inAdvances in oil drilling

technologies have

decreased production

costs by 20 percent

dustry over $13 million. These efforts received

an award from the California Air Quality Board.

In addition, a laser leak-detection technology

developed under NETL’s program allows one

or two inspectors to canvass an entire refinery

in a fraction of the time required using the current method, meaning that emission sources can

be identified and repaired sooner. Another example of environmental protection is the Risk

Based Decision-Making System (RBDMS), an

advanced data information system linking state

energy resources and water quality planning.

States using RBDMS have collectively realized

cost savings of over $20 million with greater

confidence of having made decisions that are

economically and environmentally smart.

Advanced Diagnostics and Imaging – Early

results from seven multidisciplinary reservoir

characterization projects show that additional

oil reserves with a net present value of $14 million have been identified in the HambertAristocrat field in Colorado, and 15 million barrels of additional recoverable oil reserves have

been recognized in the Tensleep Sandstone. In

addition, Union Pacific Resources has successfully demonstrated horizontal well drilling technologies to establish the first commercial production of unconventional gas from deep,

over-pressured, tight gas sand in the Greater

Green River Basin, Wyoming. Finally,

BOAST3, a new three-dimensional version of

DOE’s three-phase “Black Oil Applied Simulation Tool” (BOAST) was released. Several oil

industry consulting firms have modified and

used the program, resulting in the production

of over 20 million barrels of oil and the return

to the taxpayer of over $1,000 for each $1

of DOE funds invested.

Reservoir Life-Extension – Five NETL Field

Demonstration projects received “Best of the

Region” awards from Hart’s Oil and Gas World

(1999), reflecting innovative research in the

Gulf Coast, Mid-Continent, Permian Basin, and

Pacific Region. Joint industry projects have resulted in the development of effective reservoir

efficiency processes, gas flooding, and steam

flooding, which have contributed to the current

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level of more than 10 percent of U.S. oil production coming from improved oil recovery.

In addition, a steam flooding project in the Midway Sunset field in California has yielded millions of barrels of oil from existing, slowproducing fields. Sponsors predict that the advanced technologies ultimately will result in

more than 4 million barrels of oil being produced.

Ultraclean Fuels Program – With the nation’s

automakers and fuel suppliers facing tight new

federal emission standards later this decade, six

contractors will work with NETL to pioneer

a new generation of ultraclean transportation

fuels and tailpipe emissions control. Three

teams proposed using natural gas rather than

crude oil as the starting point for making

cleaner fuels. Rather than compressing the natural gas, they hope to chemically transform the

gas into liquid fuels that could substitute for

conventional diesel fuel or be used as a cleanburning fuel additive. Converting natural gas

to liquid form allows it to be delivered and used

without major changes in today’s existing liquid

fuels infrastructure. Two other teams will lead

development efforts on new refining processes

that remove sulfur pollutants from crude oil.

The sixth team will focus on a new type of

emission control system for future automobiles

and trucks. The system will employ a chemical

process that captures smog-forming nitrogen

oxides from the exhausts of internal combustion engines.

Ultraclean Fuels Collaboration with the U.S.

Air Force – NETL initiated a 5-year agreement

with Wright-Patterson Air Force Base for

RD&D efforts to provide affordable, clean aviation fuels from petroleum, natural gas, coal, and

other energy sources to enable aircraft to

achieve significantly lower pollutant emissions

without adversely affecting performance. Joint

research areas include sulfur reduction in aviation fuels, advanced analytical techniques, computational chemistry and materials stability.

DOE Objective ER2: Promote reliable, affordable, and clean

transformation of fuel supplies into electricity and related products.

NETL Accomplishments:

Fuel Cells – Under the NETL Fuel Cell Program,

Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation successfully completed testing its 100-kW solidoxide fuel cell for over 11,000 hours with zero

voltage degradation over its lifetime. The company also manufactured and began testing the

first 220-kW fuel cell/turbine hybrid, which

is expected to have an efficiency of 59 percent.

Fuel Cell Energy, Inc. (FCE) completed a successful market entry tall stack test — a grid connected, 250-kW fuel cell, which operated for

over 11,800 hours with a degradation of only

0.4 percent per 1,000 hours. Also, FCE began

expansion of its manufacturing facility to 50

megawatts per year to support an aggressive

demonstration schedule that includes one year

of commercial design validation and endurance

testing of a 250-kW Direct FuelCellTM power

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plant at Danbury, CT. The demonstration

includes the longest running (over 10,000

hours), as well as the largest, carbonate fuel cell

stack. The next step toward commercialization

will be field trials of the packaged submegawatt

product.

Commercialization of the Phosphoric Acid Fuel

Cell – Deployment of over 200 units worldwide has created the first generation of ultraclean, highly reliable power plants that produce

high quality electricity and thermal energy.

Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA)

– NETL, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, has formed an alliance to bring industry, national laboratories, and

universities together to develop high-power

density, low-cost solid-state fuel cells. The $350

million, multiyear SECA initiative is developing

the technology and the technology base for producing standardized fuel cell modules in the

5-10 kW size range. A public workshop was

held in June 2000 to gather stakeholder input on

the opportunities and challenges for achieving

the goal of low-cost, broadly marketable fuel

cells by 2010. NETL has also collaborated with

the U.S. Department of Defense to develop fuel

cell modules for a variety of military applications, including auxiliary power units for trucks,

field power units, and vehicular propulsion.

Advanced Turbine Systems (ATS) – Utility-scale

turbine research has moved to the demonstration phase with Siemens-Westinghouse testing

components of its ATS technology in Florida,

and General Electric’s 7H-ATS recently undergoing full-speed, no-load testing in New York.

The H SystemTM gas turbine, the most advanced combustion turbine in the world,

crossed the commercial threshold in FY 2000,

passing a critical verification test. It will be the

first gas turbine to top the 60 percent efficiency

threshold – the four-minute mile in turbine

technology.

ATS Program Bright Light Award – This award

honors five of the most recent consumeroriented innovations selected from the top 23

discoveries or innovations conceived between

1999 and 2000. NETL captured one of those

five for its Advanced Turbine Systems (ATS)

Program. The award recognizes those innovations that improve

the quality of life,

save money, satisfy consumers,

and produce noteworthy results.

220 kW Fuel Cell/Turbine Hybrid

GE’s H SystemTM Gas Turbine

Bright Light Award

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Advanced Power Generation Systems – The

NETL High Efficiency Performance Power

System (HIPPS) project conducted record-setting tests of a radiant air heater at 2000oF. The

results imply that HIPPS plants with 55 percent

efficiency are possible. The Low Emission

Boiler System (LEBS) project with Cornbelt

Energy has moved to the final phase, construction and demonstration. A 91-MWe plant using

a DB Riley U-fired slagging combustor will begin operation in 2004. The boiler will be capable

of operating at less than one-sixth of federal

New Source Performance Standards.

Clean Coal Technology Program – This NETL

program has resulted in the installation of lowNOx burners in about three-fourths of the U.S

coal-fired generating capacity; reduction of capital and operating costs for those units that have

installed flue gas desulfurization systems (because they produce dry disposable wastes or

valuable by-products); and reduction of greenhouse gases and pollutant emissions for units

using the advanced systems.

Power Plant Hall of Fame – Under the auspices

of the Clean Coal Technology (CCT) Demonstration Program, five project sites are among

the first inductees into the Power Plant Hall of

Fame, as selected by the editors of Power Magazine. They include a PFBC project at Brilliant,

Ohio; two advanced scrubber projects near

Chesterton, IN, and Newnan, GA; and two

Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle

(IGCC) projects at West Terre Haute, IN, and

Mulberry, FL.

Vision 21 – NETL completed “The Vision 21

Technology Roadmap” – the result of a twoyear collaborative effort with industry and

academia. The roadmapping effort lays the

groundwork for the development of enabling

technologies, such as gasification, combustion,

turbines, fuel cells, and computational modeling, for these revolutionary fossil-fuel-based,

pollution-free energy plants. Thirteen advanced

research, design, and engineering projects are

under way to develop the critical building

blocks of the Vision 21. These plants could be

available for commercial construction by 2015.

Watershed Characterization – NETL conducted

airborne remote sensing surveys at two West

Virginia watersheds (Muddy and Roaring

Creeks), as well as several mine sites in West

Virginia and Maryland. The thermal infrared

technique identified points where groundwater

meets the surface on land and in streams and

wetlands. These socalled “warm targets,”

from an environmental perspective, indicate the presence of

sewage. These surveys

are important in terms

of the labor-saving

aspect, and because

they can aid in hydrological studies, identifying possible discharge

points.

Mercury Removal Systems – NETL collaborated

with the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Babcock & Wilcox/McDermott Technology, Inc. (B&W/MTI), and ADA Environmental Systems to demonstrate and evaluate

cost-effective mercury-removal systems at

a number of operating coal-fired utility boilers.

The B&W/MTI approach involved enhancing

wet flue-gas scrubbers to promote higher levels

of capture of both oxidized and elemental mercury. ADA’s technology involved injecting dry

mercury sorbent that is ultimately captured

(with the mercury) by particulate control equipment.

TECO’s Clean Coal Project in Mulberry, FL

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DOE Objective ER4: Inform public policy makers, energy industries,

and the general public by providing reliable energy information.

NETL Accomplishments:

Assistance to India – NETL continued its lead

role in the U.S. Agency for International

Development/

India Greenhouse Gas Pollution Prevention Project to

introduce highefficiency power

technology to

India and improve performance of existing power plants

for large volume

fly ash utilization and capacity development of

the Centre for Power Efficiency and Environmental Protection.

NTPC’s 1000-MW Rihand

Power Plant, India

Advisor to Federal Lands Leadership Forum –

NETL served on the Federal Lands Leadership

Forum as an advisor on energy policy, resource,

and technology issues. The forum, a group of

federal agencies, has the goal, “to provide for

a quality predictable and consistent National

Environmental Policy Act process specific to oil

and gas activities.”

Multi-pollutant Control Study – NETL supported the Energy Information Administration

and the DOE Policy Office on a multi-pollutant

control study by providing data and costing

algorithms for mercury control and by participating in the ongoing low-sulfur diesel fuel

study.

DOE Objective ER5: Cooperate globally on international energy

issues.

NETL Accomplishments:

Greenhouse Gas Emissions – NETL researchers

and DOE contractors pursued innovative approaches for separating, capturing, and storing

greenhouse gas emissions with the goal of beginning to deploy technologies by 2015 to help

offset U.S. emissions. A series of policy-related

studies was completed identifying the types of

pollutant control and the changes in greenhouse

gas emissions, including technology options for

reducing SOx and NOx and the impact of these

options on CO2 emissions.

Methane Hydrates Research – NETL is leading

the development of a program to address a vast

and promising new source of energy – methane

hydrates. NETL worked with other federal

agencies (U.S. Geological Survey, Naval

Research Laboratory, Minerals Management

Service, National Science Foundation, and the

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration) to address critical questions

concerning the chemical and physical properties

of natural gas hydrates.

Carbon Sequestration – NETL initiated a robust

portfolio of CO2 sequestration projects. Over

20 research projects were awarded to demonstrate the technical, economic, and environmental feasibility of large-scale carbon sequestration to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions

from fossil fuel utilization systems. Based on

collaboration among the Albany Research

Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and

Arizona State University, and researchers in

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NETL’s Sequestration Focus Area, a potentially

permanent CO2 sequestration approach involving mineral sequestration has been demonstrated in laboratory-scale experiments. In addition, NETL investigators established the

technical criteria to select suitable sites for

geologic sequestration of CO2. Twenty-two

geologic formations were identified as potential

storage sites based on criteria gained from

analysis of oil, gas, and saline formations.

SO2 and CO2 Control Technologies for China –

NETL participated in a Fossil Energy Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of

Science and Technology in China to explore

various SO2 and CO2 control technologies applicable to China’s power generation infrastructure. NETL also signed a cooperative agreement to perform feasibility studies and training

to encourage a variety of uses for fuel cells in

Egypt.

Carbon Sequestration Research Areas

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Science (SC)

On-site research activities are making important contributions in carbon sequestration, ultraclean fuels,

energy system simulations, and gas energy system dynamics. The research coincides with the Department’s

goal to deliver scientific understanding and technological innovations critical to the success of our mission

and the nation’s science base.

DOE Objective SC1: Provide the leadership, foundation, and

breakthroughs in the physical sciences that will sustain

advancements in our nation’s quest for clean, affordable, and

abundant energy.

NETL Accomplishments:

R&D 100 Award – Two NETL researchers,

Dr. Ranjani Siriwardane and Mr. Daniel Cicero,

received the prestigious R&D 100 Award for

inventing RVS-1, a regenerable sorbent that

removes sulfur from gasified coal streams. (RVS

stands for the initials of the inventor, Ranjani V.

Siriwardane.) The RVS-1 sorbent, which resembles pea-sized pellets, removes sulfur from

the gas used to power turbines for generating

electricity. The result is coal-fired power generation without the sulfur oxide emissions – considered precursors to “acid rain.” The inexpensive nature of the sorbent and its ability to be

reused over hundreds of cycles will enable advanced generation facilities to produce costcompetitive energy.

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Energy 100 Awards – The U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Consumer Affairs, presents

these awards in two categories: Energy @ 23

Awards and Bright Light Awards. Energy @ 23

Awards are selected from a list of 100 scientific

and technological innovations developed by

DOE between 1977 and 2000. They represent

the highest-ranked innovations that have

demonstrated benefits to the American public;

contributed to U.S. competitiveness in the

global marketplace; and have the potential for

significant future growth. The following

Energy @ 23 Awards were received in FY 2000

by NETL:

Low NOx Burner Technology: This technology has resulted in significant reductions in

the amount of NOx generated by coal-fired,

electric utility plants. The technology is used

commercially in more than 60 percent of all

U.S. coal-fired plants.

Atmospheric Fluidized Bed Combustor

(AFBC): This combustor provides clean and efficient electric power and steam production,

while burning a variety of feedstocks, including

coal of various ranks, gob, culm, petroleum

coke, and other low-heating value solid fuels.

The combustor has received wide commercial

acceptance in the U.S. and throughout the

world.

Advanced Turbine Systems (ATS) Program: The program developed advanced turbines that are more efficient, cleaner, and less

expensive to operate that existing turbines.

These turbine systems are expected to result in

a 10 percent decrease in the price of electricity,

while emitting less greenhouse gases.

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Environmental Quality (EQ) and National Security (NS)

NETL is a vital contributor to the development of innovative environmental technologies and their subsequent deployment at DOE’s former

weapons complex sites, reducing remediation costs and risks. These contributions align with the Department’s Environmental Quality and National Security business lines. NETL scientists and contractors are developing technologies for the cleanup of DOE’s 53 remaining contaminated

nuclear sites. Under the Decontamination and Decommissioning Focus

area, scientists aim to safely and expeditiously dispose of waste generated

by nuclear weapons and civilian nuclear research and development programs. Demonstrations are conducted to reduce the life-cycle cost of environmental cleanup and to maximize the beneficial reuse of land from

residual contamination.

Objective EQ1: Safely and expeditiously clean up sites across the

country where DOE conducted nuclear weapons research,

production, and testing, or where DOE conducted nuclear energy

and basic science research. After completion of cleanup, continue

stewardship activities to ensure that human health and the

environment are protected.

NETL Accomplishments:

Deployment of Decontamination and Decommissioning (D&D) Technologies – Thirtyseven innovative D&D technologies developed

by industry and labs under NETL’s Deactivation and Decommissioning Focus Area

(DDFA) were deployed in 99 instances within

the DOE complex. Twenty-four of these technologies were deployed for the first time. This

number of deployments is five times greater

than the 19 originally planned for FY 2000.

Mound Tritium Large-Scale Demonstration and

Deployment Project (LSDDP) – NETL’s

DDFA successfully demonstrated eight innovative technologies for cost-effectively treating

tritium waste, as well as facilities and equipment

contaminated with tritium. The Integrated Contractor Team for the Mound LSDDP includes

BWXT of Ohio, IT Corporation, British

Nuclear Fuels Limited, Westinghouse Savannah

River Company, and three national laboratories:

Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Princeton

Plasma Physics Lab, and Los Alamos National

Lab. Florida International University’s Hemispheric Center for Environmental Technologies

and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provided

evaluation support and analyzed cost and performance data.

The pipe explorer is one of 37 innovative technologies

being developed under NETL’s D&D Focus Area

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Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) Fuel Pool LSDDP –

NETL’s DDFA demonstrated six innovative

technologies for fuel pools and associated structures and equipment. Based on the deployment

of a suite of innovative D&D tools, the estimated savings for INEEL over a 10-year period

will be $20 million. The Integrated Contractor

Team for the INEEL LSDDP includes BWXT

of Idaho, Parsons Engineering, TLG Services,

British Nuclear Fuels Limited, and Idaho State

University. Florida International University’s

Hemispheric Center for Environmental Technologies and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

provided evaluation support and analyzed cost

and performance data.

Canyon Disposition Initiative – The DDFA deployed three improved technologies to complete characterization of the Hanford 221-U

Plant, a Phase III feasibility study was initiated.

The DDFA supports Bechtel Hanford, Inc., in

this effort to collect the technical data needed to

help DOE, Washington State Department of

Ecology, and the U.S. EPA determine the future of Hanford’s five massive chemical processing plants, or “canyons.”

3M Selective Membrane Cartridge removes radioactive

cesium and strontium from water and was selected as a

winner of Vice President Gore’s Silver Hammer Award.

Copper Cable Recycling System – Nukem Technologies developed this system and demonstrated it on 13.5 tons of copper cable at

INEEL. The system shreds and grinds the

cable, separating the clean copper from contaminated cable insulation by air classification.

With the waste volume reduced by 80 percent,

recovery of the recyclable copper was determined to be more cost-effective than disposal

of it.

Selective Membrane Cartridge – NETL has

deployed this technology, developed by 3M

Corporation through NETL’s Industry Program, at the Savannah River Site’s R-Basin. The

technology is being used to remove radioactive

cesium and strontium from over 5 million

gallons of water. The remediation effort

is expected to save over $5 million and to be

completed 6 years sooner than the base-line

remediation option.

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DOE Objective NS4: Reduce the global danger from the

proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

NETL Accomplishments:

Surplus Plutonium Disposition – NETL supported DOE’s Non-Proliferation efforts by

helping to promote design changes for Russian

nuclear reactors and preparing the final EIS and

Record of Decision for the Surplus Plutonium

Disposition.

Conversion of Weapons-Grade Plutonium to

Mixed-Oxide Fuel – NETL supported the issuance of the Environmental Assessment related to the Paralex Project to demonstrate the

feasibility of converting Russian and U.S. weapons-grade plutonium to mixed-oxide fuel.

Arctic Military Environmental Cooperation

(AMEC) – As part of NETL’s AMEC efforts

with the Office of Environmental Management

(EM-21) and the U.S. Department of the Navy,

the design, fabrication, and delivery of 100

certified-steel containers for storing solid radioactive waste was completed for the Zvezdochka

Shipyard. The waste resulted from destroying 31

Russian nuclear-powered submarines and Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) under the

START-I Treaty. The containers were built by

the Russians and accepted by the Russian Navy

under a Tri-lateral Agreement between the U.S.,

Russia, and Norway. The Agreement ensures

that the wastes will not be dumped into the

Arctic Region.

DOE Objective NS6: Ensure that the Department’s nuclear weapons,

materials, facilities, and information assets are secure through

effective safeguards and security policy, implementation, and

oversight.

NETL Accomplishment:

Nuclear Materials Stewardship Initiative –

NETL provided technical expertise and coordinated the preparation and issuance of a Report

to Congress dated June 2000 on DOE’s

Integrated Nuclear Material Management Plan

titled “A Strategic Approach to Integrating the

Long-Term Management of Nuclear Materials.”

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Corporate Management (CM)

NETL provides a safe and rewarding workplace, recognized for both business excellence and its ability

to deliver results, thereby contributing to best business and management practices throughout the Department. Outstanding measurements in terms of safety and health, etc., translate into successful Corporate

Management.

Objective CM1: Ensure the safety and health of the DOE workforce

and members of the public and the protection of the environment in

all Department activities.

NETL Accomplishments:

Seven Guiding Principles – NETL has successfully implemented Integrated Safety Management (ISM) into all facets of its programs.

NETL has also developed and implemented

a process by which NETL’s Contracting Officer

Representatives can monitor external R&D contractor compliance with the environmental,

safety, and health requirements by using seven

Guiding Principles.

ISM Verified – NETL successfully passed the

Department’s Integrated Safety Management

(ISM) Verification Review with no deficiencies,

leading to recognition by the Deputy Secretary

that Fossil Energy was the first to implement

ISM in the Department.

Focused on Training and Metrics – NETL

enhanced its ES&H training and met metrics

that resulted in 95 percent of all federal and

contractor employees completing the training.

In part due to our training success, NETL’s

OSHA Total Recordable and Lost Workday

Case Rates are low compared to industry standards. As evidence, NETL received an outstanding achievement award from the Western

Pennsylvania Safety Council in recognition of

outstanding accident prevention performance in

occupational safety. In addition, NETL’s

OSHA Cost Index was reduced from $24.02

per 100 hours worked in the first quarter of FY

2000 to $4.02 in the fourth quarter – an 83

percent cost reduction.

Emergency Preparedness – NETL conducted

periodic emergency management exercises involving local media and state and local emergency preparedness organizations; responded

to real emergencies through activation of the

Emergency Operation Center (EOC); ensured

the safety and health of employees, the public,

and environment; and maintained external relations with government entities, regulators and

the public.

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DOE Objective CM2: Manage human resources and diversity

initiatives and implement practices to improve the delivery

of products and services.

NETL Accomplishments:

Enhancements of CHRIS Database – NETL

manages and recently enhanced the

Department’s Corporate Human Resources

Information System (CHRIS) to include employee-training information.

Total Man-Years of Effort Involved in NETL Programs

FY 2000

Federal Employees 574

Support Contractor Employees

 On-Site 520

 Off-Site 201

Total Support Contractor Employees 721

Research Associates* 28

Total NETL Employees 1,323

R&D Contractors** 3,500

Total NETL 4,823

 * This number does not include 20 Student Partners, 8 HBCU

 and Other Minority Institution Summer Interns, and 15 sum-

 mer intern positions under ORISE.

** This number includes industry, university and other federal

 laboratory personnel performing R&D under federal contracts,

 grants, and agreements.

Diversity Efforts – NETL has improved the diversity profile of its workforce. Over the past two

years, women and minority groups represented

two-thirds of all newly hired and transferred

employees. Monthly diversity programs were

held for all federal and contractor staff. Two

promotion awareness seminars were presented:

Blacks in Government and the Federal

Women’s Program.

Labor-Management Partnership – NETL continues to operate a local Labor-Management Partnership Council that is at the forefront of partnerships within the Department. The Council

provides a forum for the constructive exchange

of ideas and concerns between management

and labor. Policies and procedures regarding

time and attendance, security, fundraising, and

directives have been developed.

Training Needs Assessed – NETL has required

each federal and contractor employee to complete a training survey to determine general and

specialized training needs for each job. NETL

identified high priority training, including

ES&H training, and offered new training

courses, including computer-based training.

DOE Objective CM3: Manage financial resources and physical assets

to ensure public confidence.

NETL Accomplishments:

NPTO Integration – The National Petroleum

Technology Office (NPTO) was reorganized

into NETL to enhance Fossil Energy R&D

programs by incorporating gas, coal, and oil

under a single research organization – NETL.

NPTO will continue to be the “portal to federal

petroleum R&D activities,” but with greater

support resources, more R&D opportunities,

and management representation.

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Facility Planning – NETL developed a Strategic

Facilities Management Plan to guide updates to

facilities and reduce operating costs. The Plan

incorporates support for NETL’s on-site research, including the four major Focus Areas

and two general research areas, all of which

were created in FY 2000. As part of the Plan,

NETL developed four Focus Areas: Gas Energy System Dynamics, Computational Energy

Science, Carbon Sequestration Science, and

Ultraclean Fuels. These Focus Areas will serve

as a road-map for NETL onsite research over

the next five years. Budgets have been established and laboratories and staff have been

realigned to achieve nationally significant R&D

efforts.

Greater Financial Accountability – NETL has

placed great emphasis on its financial accountability. Based on an audit by the IG and an

independent auditing firm, KPMG, (in connection with the Department’s audit of the FY

2000 financial statements), no specific findings

were identified at NETL and the Department

received a “clean” audit opinion. The successful

financial results at NETL can be attributed to

improved financial reporting and improved cost

recovery procedures. An approved accounting

methodology for developing indirect rates for

customer billings was developed and approved

by the Chief Financial Officer.

Funding Stability – NETL received new funding

in FY 2000 of $463,532,646 and 95.9 percent

was obligated. NETL received significant new

funding in FY 2000 from the following organizations: Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (Energy Conservation), Office of Fissile Materials Disposition,

Assistant Secretary of Defense Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-

Reimbursable Work for Others, and the Department of Defense (DOD)-Reimbursable Work

for Others.

New Timecard System – NETL implemented the

Timecard System, allowing employees to specifically identify how work hours are spent and

enabling management to use the information as

a tool to analyze how resources are being used.

Expenditures

Funding

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DOE Objective CM4: Manage information technology systems

and infrastructure to improve the Department’s efficiency and

effectiveness.

NETL Accomplishments:

Contractor Accountability – NETL created highlevel metrics and improved lower-level metrics

used to measure performance of its Site Support

Contractors and determine award fee. A Project

Management Information System (ProMIS) was

fully implemented to track and monitor the

performance of R&D contractors against budgeted costs and milestones.

Enterprise Architecture Approach Initiated –

NETL committed to using a consistent enterprise architecture system to better align information, applications, data, and technology,

and to raise the efficiency of the NETL organization.

DOE Objective CM5: Use appropriate oversight systems to promote

the efficient, effective, and economical operation of the Department

of Energy.

NETL Accomplishments:

Competitive Contract Selections – NETL

ensured that 80 percent of available funds were

awarded competitively. It also made significant

improvements to increase competition for

financial assistance awards through better financial assistance planning and the use of broadbased solicitations.

Improvement of DOE Project Management –

NETL’s Center for Acquisition and Business

Excellence is leading a Departmental initiative

to improve Project Management. NETL signed

a Memorandum of Agreement with the Office

of Engineering and Construction Management,

supporting project management, external independent reviews, cost engineering, and value

engineering.

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Plans for the Future

NETL’s strategy will be to address the metrics outlined in DOE’s Strategic Plan. The Laboratory

agenda will be guided by three Strategic Objectives:

Science and Technology Leadership; Excellence in Supporting Business Practices; and

Valued Contributor to Policy Analysis.

In terms of Science and Technology Leadership,

NETL plans to:

• Reduce the environmental constraints associated with the use of fossil energy through programs such as,

• A Distributed Generation program that

provides electric power to smaller industries, businesses, and homes by developing

technologies that provide for compact,

ultraclean, efficient, quiet, and safe generation of electricity that is available and

affordable.

• Vision 21, a new initiative for developing

the technology needed for ultraclean, 21st

century energy plants that will effectively

remove, at competitive costs, environmental pollutants associated with the use

of fossil fuels for producing electricity and

transportation fuels.

• The Carbon Sequestration program,

which focuses on developing the scientific

understanding and suitable technologies

to define the role of sequestration in

addressing stabilization of atmospheric

levels of carbon dioxide.

• The Clean Coal Technology-Power

Plant Improvement Initiative, which

will improve the reliability of the U.S.

electrical power system. The initiative involves demonstrations of advanced technologies to increase the efficiency, lower

the emissions, and improve the economics

and overall performance of coal-fired

electric power plants.

• The Ultraclean Fuels program, which

promotes the development of environmentally responsible “transitional fuels”

to enable a smooth evolution from today’s

petroleum-based liquid fuels to

tomorrow’s sustainable sources of energy

for the transportation sector.

• Increase the supply and availability of fossil

fuels by:

• Focusing on the timely development of

technologies needed to economically find

and produce future supplies of gas and oil

through the Exploration and Production program.

• Growing a Methane Hydrates program

that develops the knowledge and technology necessary to commercially produce

methane from natural gas hydrates and

address associated environmental and

safety issues.

• Developing a Mining program in collaboration with the Office of Energy

Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s

Industries of the Future, that emphasizes

strategic alliances with customers, investors, employees, and suppliers to produce

new products and processes with both

near-term and long-range benefits to the

mining industry and U.S. economy.

• Implementing a Natural Gas Infrastructure program with research in four technology areas: pipelines and distribution

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systems, environmental protection, systems integration, and gas storage.

• Decrease the Costs and Risks for Environmental Cleanup of Energy and Defense Sites:

• The Deactivation and Decommissioning Focus Area will continue to be used

to rapidly deploy innovative and improved

technologies across the DOE complex

and reduce environmental management

costs.

• The Deactivation and Decommissioning of Commercial Nuclear Power

Plants program will facilitate an exchange

of information developed under DOE environmental management activities to efficiently address issues facing commercial

nuclear power plants.

• A Remediation of Fossil Energy Sites

(e.g., mines, slurry ponds, ash piles, refineries, and power plants) research program

will focus on increasing industry capabilities for environmentally benign energy

production.

• Delight Stakeholders:

• On-site focus areas will seek to achieve

national and international recognition of

our capabilities and performance in research and development.

• A focus on program management and

outreach will be used to strive to become

a more valued community and regional

asset.

• An NETL-wide Advisory Committee

will review both program and institutional

plans and progress to ensure that our

research programs are relevant.

• Merit reviews will be conducted to

improve our work output.

In striving for Excellence in Supporting Business Practices, NETL will:

• Enhance Human and Physical Resources:

• Financial resources will be obtained to improve our facilities infrastructure.

• Premier Focus Areas for energy research

that are recognized as vital to the nation’s

energy strategy will be established at

NETL.

• Our integrated project management

approach will continue to deliver innovative solutions to the nation’s energy needs.

• Employee morale will be measured and

improved to ensure that we have a productive and satisfied workforce.

• Internal customer needs will be assessed

routinely to develop effective means to

achieving our mission.

• Improve Operational Efficiency and

Productivity:

• Business practices and systems

(finance, procurement, project management) will be integrated to maximize

productivity and efficiency of operations.

• Our recruitment and training program

will provide the necessary skills to address

organizational needs.

• International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001 Certification

will be obtained by implementing a verified environmental management system.

• An Integrated Safety Management

(ISM) Action Plan will be fully implemented to continually improve environment, safety, and health programs, processes, and tools.

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• We will use metrics that are useful, measurable, and relevant to achieving our mission.

• Increase Visibility:

• We will make others aware of the quality

work being performed at NETL by publicizing our accomplishments.

• The Institutional Plan will communicate

the significance of our work activities to

key stakeholders (e.g., Congress and the

Administration) and others.

And, finally, to be a Valued Contributor to Policy

Analysis, NETL will:

• Improve NETL’s standing as a trusted voice

on issues impacting production and use

of fossil fuels:

• We will work to provide accurate information on environmental performance and

cost of fossil energy to improve the public perception of these fuels.

• A comprehensive communication

strategy will be used to ensure that timely

information is delivered to our stakeholders.

• Our activities, accomplishments, and

programmatic benefits to society will be

quantified and understood by our stakeholders.

• Agenda items for conferences and program reviews will focus on enhancing

knowledge of our work among stakeholders.

• Our alliances will be expanded to include

a full spectrum of stakeholder groups.

• Support a Federal Role for Energy RD&D in

National Energy Policy:

• We will work to support policy development activities.

• Energy policy analysis opportunities

will be sought that allow us to use our

specialized knowledge and information to

address issues of importance to the nation.

• Support Policy Analysis for Decision-Makers:

• A strategy for policy analysis support

activities will be formulated to ensure that

key federal and state energy issues are

addressed.

• Policy analysis capabilities will be enhanced to establish NETL as a reliable

and trusted source of information about

the performance and cost of fossil energy

technologies.

• We will build alliances with other entities in the policy arena to enhance our capabilities.

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For more information, contact:

U.S. Department of Energy

National Energy Technology Laboratory

626 Cochrans Mill Road

P.O. Box 10940

Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0940

3610 Collins Ferry Road

P.O. Box 880

Morgantown, WV 26507-0880

National Petroleum Technology Office

One West Third Street, Suite 1400

Tulsa, OK 74103

Or visit our web site at:

www.netl.doe.gov

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