Categorical Exclusion Determinations: B3.11

This Amended Determination follows the addition of new project milestones, teaming partners, and project locations to support the project team's small-scale research and development activities of a high-temperature sliding sleeve to increase energy recovery in enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) by 200 percent to 500 percent by increasing the contact area between the connected fracture system and the reservoir rock matrix.
The Catalytic Application Testing for Accelerated Learning Chemistries via High-throughput Experimentation and Modeling Efficiently (CATALCHEM-E) program supports the small-scale research and development of heterogeneous catalysts, solid materials that reduce the inherent energy needed to drive industrial-scale chemical reactions responsible for making everyday products and commodities.