GHG Mitigation Technology Performance Evaluations Underway at the GHG Technology Verification Center

Abstract

The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Technology Verification Center is one of 12 independent verification entities operating under the U.S. EPA-sponsored Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) program. The ETV program tries to accelerate the acceptance and use of improved technologies through the development of third-party technology performance data. The Center focuses on GHG mitigation and monitoring technologies and has completed performance verification testing on one technology and initiated testing on six others. Technologies applicable to the natural gas industry, electricity generation industry, and GHG monitoring industry have been the primary focus of the Center’s initial efforts. This paper outlines the Center’s verification approach and activities. Final results are presented on a fuel cell technology for which testing has been completed, and preliminary results are presented for two additional types of technologies that have completed the first phase of a two-phase verification test.