Overview of the U. S. Department of Energy/Morgantown Energy Technology Center Natural Gas Program
Journal Article
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· United States Geological Survey, Professional Paper; (United States)
OSTI ID:6814281
- Morgantown Energy Technology Center, WV (United States)
The mission of the US Department of Energy's (DOE) natural gas program is to enhance the Nation's energy security, economic growth and efficiency, and environmental quality. This mission will be accomplished with the following: (1) by removing technical and (or) regulatory barriers to the expanded use of natural gas, (2) development of cost-effective and environmentally sound gas supply, storage, transmission, and utilization technologies, (3) improving competition, and (4) technology transfer. The Morgantown Energy Technology Center (METC) supports the DOE natural gas mission through research, development, and demonstration (RD and D) of gas supply and utilization technologies. Projects are structured to foster eventual industry commercialization of these technologies. In addition, METC's RD and D is integrated with projects and activities being sponsored by other funding organizations. Program goals include increasing user confidence in the long-term supply of natural gas, verification of adequate gas reserves, and development and commercialization of high-efficiency, cost-effective extraction and utilization technologies. METC's program includes gas utilization projects such as advanced gas turbine systems, fuel cells, and conversion of gas to liquid products. METC's vision for the year 2010 is the following: Gas recovery and low-cost environmental technologies will insure a reliable US gas supply of at least 23 trillion cubic feet per year; advanced turbine systems operating on gas have been demonstrated in the utility market and are available commercially; fuel cells and small advanced combustion turbine systems supply a distributed power market with gas-fueled devices in the 1 to 50 megawatt electrical (MWe) range, whereas the 50 MWe and larger size range are being commercialized in the large industrial and commercial cogeneration markets. 3 refs., 1 fig.
- OSTI ID:
- 6814281
- Journal Information:
- United States Geological Survey, Professional Paper; (United States), Journal Name: United States Geological Survey, Professional Paper; (United States) Vol. 1570; ISSN XGPPA9
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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