U S Department of Energy

Carbon Capture U S Department of Energy

This document serves as a program plan for NETL's Carbon Capture research and development (R& D) effort, which is conducted under the CCRP's CCS and Power Systems program area. The program plan describes the Carbon Capture R& D efforts in 2013 and beyond. Program planning is a strategic process that helps an organization envision the future; build on known needs and capabilities; create a shared understanding of program challenges, risks, and potential benefits; and develop strategies to overcome the challenges and risks, and realize the benefits. The result of this process is a technology program plan that identifies performance targets, milestones for meeting these targets, and a technology pathway to optimize R& D activities. The relationship of the Carbon Capture program to the CCS and Power Systems program area is described in the next section.