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.