Natural Gas Initiative is a cross-campus effort of the Precourt Institute for Energy.

Natural Gas Initiative

Focus Areas

Natural Gas Emissions and Leakage

  • Methane sensor development
  • Measurement and quantification
  • Global methane sources and emissions
  • Best Practices and Policies
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Methane Conversion to Liquid Fuels and Chemicals

  • Methane to hydrogen and high value carbon products
  • Novel catalyst design and synthesis
  • Pathways to e-fuels (e.g., methanol, ammonia)
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Integration of Gas and Renewables

  • Gas for reliability
  • Energy storage
  • Gas and electricity integration
  • Retail markets and demand response
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Global Markets and Governance

  • Energy security
  • Climate and Environmental policy
  • LNG global markets
  • Gas for seasonal swing
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Energy Access and Energy Equity

  • Gas distribution utilities
  • Gas infrastructure models
  • Emerging markets
  • Reliability in nascent grids
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Hydrogen Economy

  • Liquid carriers for transportation
  • Generation from natural gas
  • Storage and distribution
  • Decarbonization of natural gas
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Subsurface Solutions

  • Underground molecule storage
  • Natural hydrogen deposits
  • Co-located energy production and CO2 storage
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