National Energy Technology Laboratory; Notice of Availability of a Financial Assistance Solicitation

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Notice is hereby given of the intent to issue Financial Assistance Solicitation No. DE-PS26-00NT41003 entitled "Infrastructure Reliability for Natural Gas." Natural gas consumption in the U.S. is projected to reach or exceed 32 trillion cubic feet (TCF) per year by 2020, increasing from 22 TCF per year in 1997. In addition, potential lower emission targets for greenhouse gases could even increase the demand for natural gas as high as 35 TCF per year. Maintaining the integrity and efficiency of the gas infrastructure may be the most important challenge to achieving a substantial increase in gas deliverability given the age of the existing pipelines. Technological advances in materials, tools and operations will be needed to maintain the throughput of the current infrastructure and expansion for future system demands.