K&M was engaged by US DOE to perform cost/benefit analyses and natural gas market forecasts for natural gas technology research and development projects sponsored by DOE-METC. K&M assisted DOE-METC to evaluate the commercial viability of specific products in order to promote technology transfer to the private sector and ultimate market penetration. K&M developed and tested an advanced technology characterization taxonomy model for use in GSAM analyses as well as to integrate the findings of prior analyses.