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The objective of this project is to investigate the operating characteristics of the existing NGCC fleet in more detail to better inform energy markets modeling assumptions.
The purpose of this document is to develop feedstock price values to be used in the United States (U.S.) Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) energy systems studies. This version of the QGESS incorporates electricity and biomass fuel costs and updates and expands the coal and natural gas costs.
An overview of NETL's Gasification Systems R&D was provided at DOE's Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Technology Office (HFTO) Annual Merit Review (AMR) on May 7, 2024, in Arlington, VA. The objective of the Advanced Reaction Systems Portfolio is to design, develop, and analyze technologies to support the mission of the Gasification Program to enable the use of diverse feedstocks to produce hydrogen and other value-added products with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.
The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and OMC Thermochemistry (Participant) will collaborate in the development of a better understanding of the current domestic data of TRL 7+ syngas conversion technologies and their current and potential markets. This will provide a basis for future comparative life cycle emission and techno-economic evaluations with the participant’s syngas production process using industrial and biogenic CO2 conversion approaches.
An overview of NETL's Gasification Systems R&D was provided at the 2024 FECM/NETL Spring R&D Project Review Meeting on April 24, 2024, in Pittsburgh, PA. The objective of the Advanced Reaction Systems Portfolio is to design, develop, and analyze technologies to support the mission of the Gasification Program to enable the use of diverse feedstocks to produce hydrogen and other value-added products with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.
This presentation was given at the 2024 U.S. Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory Resource Sustainability Project Review Meeting. The presentation topics cover recent updates and current research directions for the Strategic Systems Analysis and Engineering Directorate in Critical Minerals.
A broad suite of technologies will be required to enable the United States to meet the current goal of a zero-carbon power sector by 2035, while continuing to provide the U.S. consumer with reliable, secure, stable, and affordable electricity. This study was conducted to evaluate the competitiveness of a natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) with carbon capture and storage (CCS) in five independent system operating areas, the PJM interconnection (PJM) regional transmission organization, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), Western Electricity Coordinating Council’s (WECC) Northwest Power Pool (NWPP) region, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and the SERC Reliability Corporation (SERC) in the 2030 to 2035 time horizon. The modeling and simulation efforts focused on determining the dispatch characteristics and the economic feasibility of constructing an NGCC plant with CCS in each of those regions. The analysis indicates that a NGCC system with CCS can be economically viable in the ERCOT and PJM regions. Additional revenue stream and/or capacity payments are required in MISO, NWPP, and SERC to enable successful commercial deployment of a NGCC with CCS.
Presented by NETL at USAEE, 09/18
This study examines the cold weather event now known as the Bomb Cyclone that blanketed much of the eastern half of the United States from Dec 27, 2017 through Jan 8, 2018. Analyses focus on six areas of organized markets administered by independent system operators in the US Eastern Interconnection and Texas. This report finds: (1) Combined, fossil and nuclear energy plants provided 89% of electricity during peak demand across all the ISOs; (2) Coal provided the most resilient form of generation in PJM; (3) The value of fuel-based power generation resilience in PJM during this event was estimated at $3.5 billion; (4) Natural gas price spikes, increased demand, and pipeline constraints led to significant fuel oil burn in the US Northeast; (5) Renewables imposed a resilience penalty on the system as output decreased as demand increased; (6) Underestimation of coal and nuclear retirements could give rise to reliability concerns and an inability to meet projected electricity demand.
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This presentation provides an overview of the coal industry, focusing on the United States, but within a global context. Areas covered include coal prices, consumption, production, imports, exports, reserves, productivity measures, and more. Juxtapositions between the U.S. and other countries' coal industries are provided. In addition to providing a current snapshot of the U.S. coal industry, this work portrays both historical and projected aspects of the coal industry.