Unique conversations
At GTI Energy, Karen Crippen is Director of Analytical Services, Tekle Fida is Manager, R&D, and Amanda Harmon is Director, Zero Emissions Systems.
GTI Energy embraces a vision for integrated, low-carbon, low-cost energy systems that leverage gases, liquids, infrastructure, and efficiency to meet the urgent challenges presented by climate change and global energy access. To fully comprehend these words, there is nothing like a visit to its eighteen acres of facilities close to Chicago, to take in the depth and breadth of what goes on at these specialized labs with equipment for design, testing, and analysis of advanced energy technologies. PUF's Executive Editor Steve Mitnick and Editor-In-Chief Lori Burkhart were fortunate to pass inside the gates of GTI Energy to view the future of energy. We engaged with scientists and engineers to better understand several of their projects.
PUF's Steve Mitnick: What are you working on in this laboratory?
Amanda Harmon: I've been working in this space for well over twenty years. We support the energy industry and decarbonization, as we're trying to enable renewable natural gas, or RNG interconnection into the gas grid. This lab is here to support GTI Energy's role in broader decarbonization efforts.
PUF: These are microbes, and they chew through the natural gas pipe?