GE Demonstrates Technology Leadership at Railway Interchange
MINNEAPOLIS, Sep 18, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- --$200 million investment in new locomotive plant in Fort Worth, Texas; major technology upgrades at Erie, Pennsylvania manufacturing facility
--More than 1,900 new GE Transportation jobs announced and created in the U.S. in 2011
--Marks Year of Renewal and return to double-digit growth in 2011
GE Transportation, the world's leading maker of rail and transportation products, announced today that its 4,500th Evolution(R) Series Locomotive has entered revenue service in support of GE's rail customers around the globe. GE's $4 billion transportation business marked the important industry milestone at Railway Interchange 2011 held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from Sept. 18-20.
The Evolution Series represents a $400 million investment to create its most technologically advanced, fuel efficient and low emissions heavy haul freight locomotive to-date. GE's bestselling locomotive reduces fuel use by 5 percent, or approximately 320,000 gallons over the lifetime of the locomotive, while lowering emissions by approximately 40 percent.
Fuel Tech Awarded Air Pollution Control Orders Totaling $2.3M
WARRENVILLE, Ill.--( EON: Enhanced Online News )--Fuel Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: FTEK), a world leader in advanced engineering solutions for combustion and emissions control systems for utility and industrial applications, today announced receipt of multiple air pollution control orders totaling $2.3 million.
This group of orders includes baseline testing, Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) modeling and services for 15 units for five customers in the Midwest and Southeast that are evaluating Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction (SNCR) technology as an option to comply with their nitrogen oxide (NOx) emission requirements under the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), which takes effect January 1, 2012. Often, modeling initiatives and engineering studies represent the first steps in an investment program and can lead to larger equipment and installation orders in the near future.
Douglas G. Bailey, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “We are pleased that these utility customers have selected Fuel Tech to help them evaluate their short term strategies to achieve compliance in a dynamic regulatory environment that is calling for greater reductions in NOx emissions. Fuel Tech’s SNCR technology can provide our customers with timely NOx reductions where boilers may operate across a wide load range, and these flexible systems are designed to compliment additional Fuel Tech NOx reduction technologies, including combustion modifications, ASCR™ (Advanced Selective Catalytic Reduction) and conventional SCR.”
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