About the Office of Fossil Energy

			Dr. Victor K. Der - Acting Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Dr. Der is currently Acting Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy with responsibilities for office operations and managing the oversight of Fossil Energy’s Research and Development program (encompassing coal, oil, and natural gas) and the U.S. Petroleum Reserves. Dr. Der has worked at DOE for 35 years in various programs. Most recently, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Clean Coal within the Fossil Energy Program Office. In that capacity, he was responsible for directing clean coal research, development and demonstration, and implementing energy policy initiatives and priorities relating to clean coal utilization and its role in climate change mitigation including carbon capture and sequestration. He holds a B.S., M.S. and Ph. D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland. > Read Detailed Bio

The Office of Fossil Energy in Brief

The Energy Department's Fossil Energy organization is made up of about 1,000 scientists, engineers, technicians and administrative staff. Its headquarters offices are in downtown Washington, DC, and in Germantown, Maryland. The organization also includes the National Energy Technology Laboratory with offices in Morgantown, WV, Pittsburgh, PA, Houston, TX, Albany, OR, and Fairbanks, AK; the Strategic Petroleum Reserve based in New Orleans, LA; and the Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center in Casper, Wyoming.

The Office of Fossil Energy is responsible for several high-priority initiatives including implementation of the $2 billion, 10-year Clean Coal Power Initiative to develop a new generation of environmentally sound clean coal technologies, and the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve and Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve, both key emergency response tools available to the President to protect Americans from energy supply disruptions. 

           > Fossil Energy Program Fact Sheets [592KB PDF]
           > Benefits of Fossil Energy Research & Development [532KB PDF]
           > Clean Coal Technology: From Research to Reality [1.5MB PDF]
           > NETL Technology Support Facility Dedication, August 14, 2008 [978KB PDF]