Colorado State University

The Methane Emissions Technology Evaluation Center (METEC) Is a Unique and Renowned Test and Research Facility for Emissions Leak Detection and Quantification (LDAQ) Technology Development, Field Demonstration, Hands-on Ldaq Equipment Training, and Protocol and Best Practices Development. the Metec Facility Is Operated by Colorado State University (CSU) in Fort Collins, Colorado, on Csu’s Foothills Campus. This Five-year Project Extends the Unique Capability of Metec, to Facilitate the Rapid Development and Deployment of “next Generation” Methane Emissions Detection and Quantification Technology Solutions, Helping to Effectively Drive Industry Efforts to Mitigate Natural Gas and Oil Related Methane Emissions and Improving Operational Pipeline Integrity and Resiliency. the Project Will Support Powerful and Value-added Research Capability Enhancements With Four Objectives: (1) Modernizing Existing and Creating New Controlled Testing Capabilities, (2) Accelerating Solution Testing, (3) Collecting Large Data Sets to Develop Superior Quantification Algorithms, and (4) Extending Testing Capability to Include Leak Detection for Hydrogen-natural Gas Blends.

Committed

$3.5 Million

Paid to

UEI LT9CXX8L19G1

601 S Howes ST, Fort Collins, CO, 80523

Department of Energy

Place

FORT COLLINS, CO, UNITED STATES

CO-02

Performance

Mar 15, 2024 → Apr 30, 2026

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Federal grant · cooperative agreement (b)

Department of Energy

Fossil Energy Research and Development to

Colorado State University

Committed

$3.5 Million

Paid to

Colorado State University

UEI LT9CXX8L19G1

601 S Howes ST, Fort Collins, CO, 80523

Department of Energy

Place

FORT COLLINS, CO, UNITED STATES

CO-02

Performance

Mar 15, 2024 → Apr 30, 2026

How to read these numbers

One award, start to finish: Everything here is this single award's whole record — signed, amended, paid — not a fiscal-year slice. The by-year charts elsewhere split an award across the years it was committed; this page keeps it whole.
Committed vs. ceiling: Committed is what the government has legally promised on this award so far. Contracts can also carry a ceiling — the maximum if every option is exercised. Unspent ceiling is headroom, not money owed.
Paid out: The cash actually disbursed against this award. The gap from committed is the disbursement pipeline: promised, not yet cashed.
The ledger: Each transaction is a signing event — an action that created or changed the award, dated the day it was signed — not a payment. Negative amounts are real: money de-committed at closeout or renegotiation.
The money bar: One bar, the award’s whole arithmetic: paid out, then committed, not yet paid, then .

Source

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