NETL has three research sites—in Albany, Ore., Morgantown, W.Va., and Pittsburgh, Pa.—that conduct a broad range of energy and environmental research and development (R&D). NETL also has small offices, in Tulsa, Okla., and Fairbanks, Alaska, that address challenges unique to those energy-rich regions. All five locations support DOE’s mission to advance the national, economic, and energy security of the United States.

As the only national laboratory owned and operated by DOE, NETL is unique in how it conducts research and in the relationships it forms with industry, academia, and other research organizations. First and foremost, NETL conducts cutting-edge R&D on site. About one-quarter of NETL’s approximately 1,200 Federal and contractor employees are directly engaged in onsite research.

NETL also applies its extensive project-management capabilities to shape, fund, and manage research throughout the United States and in more than 40 foreign countries. The laboratory’s research portfolio includes more than 1,300 projects, with a total award value of nearly $11 billion and private sector cost-sharing of nearly $6 billion.

In addition, NETL conducts studies of complex, large systems and the interactions among those systems. Published results of the studies provide strategic information and analysis to the policymakers responsible for providing direction and funds to ensure that America has a continuing supply of clean, affordable energy.  (http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/SciEd/erulf/choose.html)