BARR Engineering, Microbeam and other LEC members work on transformative technology

BARR Engineering, Microbeam and other LEC members work on transformative technology

 

Nicole Nguyen, chemical engineer with BARR Engineering, joined co-hosts Kate Muggerud and Geoff Simon to discuss her company’s involvement with the Department of Energy’s Coal FIRST program on the podcast titled “Mined: Lignite Energy in America.”

 

Nicole explains the program and the projects BARR Engineering is working on to help coal evolve into a fuel that meets future demands while also capturing CO2.

 

The DOE program, called Coal FIRST (which stands for flexible, innovative, resilient, small, transformative), aims to advance first-of-their-kind coal generation technologies to provide secure, stable, and reliable power with near-zero emissions that can adapt to a changing electrical grid.

Besides BARR Engineering, other Lignite Energy Council members are involved including Microbeam Technologies. More information about Coal FIRST can be found at https://www.energy.gov/fe/coal-first

Kate and Geoff conduct the interviews with leaders in North Dakota’s energy industry on a variety of topics. The goal of these podcasts is to connect with others who have the same interest and wish to become more knowledgeable about energy and emerging technologies. 

Mined: Lignite Energy in America is sponsored and produced by the Lignite Energy Council, a trade association representing the power plants, mines and the Great Plains Synfuels Plant in North Dakota along with more than 250 companies that provide goods and services to the lignite industry.

Here is the link to the Podcast on the LEC Website - https://lignite.com/what-is-lignite/podcast/

This Podcast series is also available on Spotify and Apple Radio.