The Gas Technology Institute (GTI) is an
American
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non-profit
research and development
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organization which develops, demonstrates, and licenses new energy technologies for private and public clients, with a particular focus on the
natural gas
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industry. GTI is located in
Des Plaines, Illinois
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.
History
The Gas Technology Institute has its origins in several different organizations.
The Institute of Gas Technology was founded in 1941 at the
Illinois Institute of Technology
The Illinois Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Illinois Tech and IIT, is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Tracing its history to 1890, the present name was adopted upon the m ...
(IIT).
[Staff report (October 12, 1941). Million dollar gas institute opened at IIT.]
The Gas Research Institute was founded in 1976 by an ad hoc committee made up of members from the
American Gas Association
The American Gas Association (AGA) is an American trade organization founded in 1918 representing and advocating on behalf of local energy companies which deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
History
The American Gas Association was ...
and the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America. Encouragement for the gas industry to increase R&D came from the Federal Power Commission in that year. GRI incorporated as an independent non-profit in Illinois on July 8, 1976. The Institute sponsored research with funding derived from a surcharge on shipments of natural gas sold by the interstate pipelines, thus passing along R&D costs to gas consumers. In 2000, the funding mechanism that supported the Gas Research Institute was phased out. That year, the Institute of Gas Technology and the Gas Research Institute combined to form the Gas Technology Institute.
[Staff report (June 1, 2000). Institute of Gas Technology, Gas Research Institute merge. ''LP/Gas'']
In 2006, the IIT building that formerly housed the institute became home to
Shimer College
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, which took up residence there after moving from
Waukegan
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As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its popu ...
.
References
External links
Gas Technology Institute website
Illinois Institute of Technology
Des Plaines, Illinois
Natural gas organizations
Energy research
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