The coal commercialization facility near Gillette that was the recipient of the "Overcoming Adversity" award from the Mid-American Economic Development Council. It recognizes projects, initiatives, or best practices in a community that are meant to overcome challenges faced by communities, states, or regions to provide a stronger future.
NETL’s Christina Lopano, Ph.D., will participate in a webinar Tuesday, Oct. 11, from 2-3 p.m. ET, highlighting important NETL-led rare earth element (REE) research at the Wyoming Innovation Center (WyIC) in Gillette, Wyoming.
Lopano will join experts from government and academia for a panel to discuss the creation of the WyIC, current and upcoming projects and the impact the Center’s work will have on emerging market opportunities and innovative methods to use domestic coal resources in the growing clean energy economy.
The Center for Carbon Capture and Conversion Is working to decompose Wyoming coal, yielding beneficial liquids and solids used to create valuable non-energy products.
Gillette, Wyoming (PRWEB) June 14, 2022 The Wyoming Innovation Center (WyIC), a 5,500-square-foot coal commercialization facility, has officially opened in