CBE Seminar: Jose Figueroa

Carbon Capture Team Supervisor, US Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

U.S. DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory: Overview of the Carbon Capture Program Research Effects

Abstract

The Carbon Capture Program implemented by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and managed by the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) supports the fundamental understanding and applied research development of a suite of transformational post-combustion and pre-combustion carbon capture technologies since 2001. These transformational materials, capture systems and enabling technologies that promote improved performance of capture systems must also address the operational flexibility required to align with the changing energy profile of the United States. In 2016, CO₂ emissions from natural gas power generation surpassed coal emissions due to low-cost shale gas production. However, the cost of capture systems continued to represent approximately two-thirds of the total cost of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) systems that impact the economic opportunity for domestic deployment and export markets.

This presentation will discuss the Department of Energy’s Carbon Capture Program transformational carbon capture systems and enabling technologies, a new focus on optimal operational levels not relegated to 90% capture rates in order to achieve low capital and economic costs, the latest status and lessons-learned from the largest and diversified capture project portfolio that also includes hybrid, traditional and non-traditional capture technologies.

Bio

José Figueroa is the Carbon Capture Team Supervisor supporting the U.S. DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory’s (NETL) Carbon Capture Program, where he promotes the integration of research and business needs to meet programmatic requirements. He has over 27 years of experience in the power generation industry spanning both the private and public sector. His experiences range from commercial scale construction and demonstration projects to management of breakthrough concept R&D projects. He has been a member of the DOE NETL Carbon Sequestration Strategy Team, served as the Carbon Capture Coordinator, Project Manager of over 40 carbon dioxide capture projects, served as Chair of the US Regional Partnership Carbon Capture and Transportation Working Group and as a delegate to the US-UK Collaboration Memorandum of Understanding—US Carbon Capture and Sequestration. He received his master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Pittsburgh and a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Manhattan College.