DOE Executes First-Ever License for TRIG Coal Gasification Technology to Latitude Energy Services
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy's Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office announced on October 16 that the department has executed its first-ever nonexclusive license with Latitude Energy Services for the Transport Integrated Gasification (TRIG™) technology, limited to the power field of use. Latitude independently holds the rights to TRIG in the industrial field of use, which this license complements. DOE said the executed license marks a significant milestone in the technology transfer and commercialization of a federally co-developed advanced coal gasification system, while creating a pathway for additional commercial deployment opportunities for America's coal industry.
TRIG is a first-of-its-kind gasification system jointly developed by DOE and industry partners. Designed specifically for low-rank, high-moisture coals, it converts these abundant but traditionally harder-to-use resources into flexible fuel gas at higher efficiency, creating new opportunities to put America's coal resources to work.
"TRIG shows what can happen when American innovation is paired with a clear path to commercialization," said Curt Coccodrilli, DOE's Acting Assistant Secretary for the Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office. "Under President Trump's leadership, we are reinvigorating America's coal industry by moving innovative technologies out of the laboratory and into the marketplace. By moving this DOE co-developed technology and a deep body of real-world technical data into the hands of industry, we are strengthening American energy security and extending U.S. energy leadership at home and around the world."
DOE said TRIG is a ready-to-use platform backed by years of engineering, testing and real-world operational data. Companies adopting TRIG have access to the extensive information collected through DOE's work on the Kemper County, Mississippi, integrated gasification combined cycle project, including plant designs, construction records, operational lessons and more than 20,000 historical data logs documenting TRIG's demonstrated performance. With this first nonexclusive license, TRIG is now commercially available to energy producers, technology firms and project developers.
DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory administers the TRIG licensing process on behalf of the department and serves as the point of engagement for qualified companies interested in a nonexclusive TRIG license in the power field of use, the department said. (GSM, based on the U.S. Department of Energy announcement)
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Photo: 图：采用TRIG技术的密西西比州肯珀县煤气化电厂建设期航拍（资料图）。该项目积累的电厂设计、施工与运行数据是本次许可开放的内容之一。摄影：XTUV0010，CC BY-SA 3.0，来源：Wikimedia Commons。File photo: aerial view of the Kemper County coal gasification plant in Mississippi, which used TRIG technology, during construction. Data from the project is part of what the new license makes available. Photo by XTUV0010, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
