Caterpillar goes ‘all-in’ on natural gas-fueled equipment

Caterpillar Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives, announced at the inaugural Natural Gas for High Horsepower Applications (HHP) Summit on Sept. 27 its intentions to go ‘all-in’ on natural gas and produce even more natural gas-fueled equipment and engines for a variety of applications.

Joel Feucht, Caterpillar’s director of gas engine strategy for the energy and power systems businesses, made the announcement during his keynote address at HHP Summit 2012, a first-of-its-kind event that examined the economic and environmental benefits of using the clean-burning, domestically abundant natural gas in fuel-hungry high horsepower applications.

“We have decided to go all-in on gas,” declared Feucht during his keynote address at HHP Summit on Sept. 27.  ”We are going to invest because we see a global market long term. Large engines are going gas. It’s not debatable; it’s our conclusion.”

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