Projects

Biofuels Pathways (JBEI)

• Bioenergy

Researchers in the Biofuels Pathways Group discover naturally occurring enzymes that, when integrated with metabolic pathways for biofuel precursors (such as fatty acids), enable engineered microbes to synthesize advanced biofuels. A genome-enabled approach is used to study both pure bacterial cultures and natural microbial communities known to produce the biofuels of interest.

Private: Harry R. Beller hrbeller@lbl.gov 510-486-7321

Brine Extraction and Storage Test (BEST)

• Carbon Storage Program

The overall objective of the EPRI-led BEST project to be performed at the Lansing Smith electric generating station near Panama City, Florida, is to help develop cost-effective pressure control, plume management and produced water strategies that can be used to improve reservoir storage efficiency and capacity, and demonstrate safe, reliable containment of CO₂ in deep geologic formations with CO₂ permanence of 99% or better.

Jens Birkholzer jtbirkholzer@lbl.gov 510-486-7134

Abdullah Cihan acihan@lbl.gov 510-495-2997

Private: Helen G. Prieto hgprieto@lbl.gov 510-486-6696

CASCADE

• Climate Modeling

CASCADE-Calibrated and Systematic Characterization, Attribution, and Detection of Extremes project is multidivisional, collaborative work at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

William D. (Bill) Collins wdcollins@lbl.gov 510-495-2407

Private: Claudia Tebaldi ctebaldi@lbl.gov

Travis A. O’Brien taobrien@lbl.gov 812-269-2051

Christina Marie Patricola cmpatricola@lbl.gov

Mark Risser mdrisser@lbl.gov 330-201-1857

Private: Mohammed Ombadi ombadi@lbl.gov 949-981-0969

Coastal Wetland Restoration a Nature Based Decarbonization Multi-Benefit Climate Mitigation Solution

• Carbon Removal & Mineralization Program

Nature-based solutions for climate mitigation, such as restoring wetlands, can help decrease atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations, slow climatic and environmental change (nature-based decarbonization solution) while providing additional ecosystem services to coastal communities. This project aims to (1) delineate the natural processes and management practices within wetlands that control C dynamics, and (2) integrate environmental…

Zelalem A. Mekonnen zmekonnen@lbl.gov 510-486-7072

Bhavna Arora barora@lbl.gov 510-495-2163

Colloid Formation and Migration Project

The Colloid Formation and Migration (CFM) Project is an international research project for the investigation of colloid formation/bentonite erosion, colloid migration, and colloid-associated radionuclide transport, relevant to both NBS and EBS areas of UFDC. This collaborative project is one of several experimental R&D projects associated with the Grimsel Test Site (GTS) in the Swiss Alps, a URL…

Jens Birkholzer jtbirkholzer@lbl.gov 510-486-7134

Comprehensive Physical-Chemical Modeling to Reduce Risks and Costs of Flexible Geothermal Energy Production (CEC-EPIC)

• Geothermal Systems

The Issue: The increased use of variable renewable energy (primarily wind and solar) increases the inherent variability and uncertainty in electricity demand and resource availability, and thus drives the need for operational flexibility of other renewable such as geothermal energy...

Jonny Rutqvist jrutqvist@lbl.gov 510-486-5432

Quanlin Zhou qzhou@lbl.gov 510-486-5748

Susan Sprinkle ssprinkle@lbl.gov 510-486-6372

Core Carbon Storage and Monitoring Research (CCSMR)

• Carbon Storage Program

The Core Carbon Storage and Monitoring Research Program (CCSMR) aims to advance emergent monitoring and field operations optimization technologies that can be used in commercial carbon storage projects.

David Lee Alumbaugh dlalumbaugh@lbl.gov 510-486-6346

Julia Correa juliacorrea@lbl.gov 510-693-7011

Stanislav Glubokovskikh sglubokovskikh@lbl.gov

Erika Gasperikova egasperikova@lbl.gov 510-486-4930

Private: Helen G. Prieto hgprieto@lbl.gov 510-486-6696

Crystalline Disposal R&D

• Nuclear Energy and Waste

The objective of LBNL's work in Crystalline Disposal R&D focuses on advancing our understanding of long-term disposal of spent fuel in crystalline rocks and to develop necessary experimental and computational capabilities to evaluate various disposal concepts in such media.

Chun Chang chunchang@lbl.gov 510-486-7923

Patrick F. Dobson pfdobson@lbl.gov 510-486-5373

Mengsu Hu mengsuhu@lbl.gov 510-486-5154

Dark Fiber

Dark Fiber Project Jonathan

Jonathan Ajo-Franklin jbajo-franklin@lbl.gov 510-495-2728

DECOVALEX

• Nuclear Energy and Waste

The DECOVALEX (Development of Coupled Models and their Validation against Experiments) Project is a unique international research collaboration for advancing the understanding and mathematical modeling of coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) and thermo-hydro-chemical (THC) processes in geological systems.

Jens Birkholzer jtbirkholzer@lbl.gov 510-486-7134