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GE Transportation expands locomotive diesel engine remanufacturing facility; demand increasing in part from compliance requirements for EPA Tier 3 standards

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The company will invest approximately $35 million to build capacity at a new diesel engine remanufacturing plant. Finally, the rule establishes long-term, Tier 4, standards for newly-built engines based on the application of high-efficiency catalytic aftertreatment technology, beginning in 2015. and Fort Worth, Tx.

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IEEE Society Restores Electricity To a Nepali School

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The effect that access to reliable electricity has had on the village is amazing,” says Morgan Kiani , an engineering professor at Texas Christian University , in Fort Worth. The owner told her sales of the products supported the village’s school, which had been destroyed by an earthquake in 2015.

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Clean Energy wins $10M, multi-year transit deal with New Jersey Transit

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In 2015, Dillon’s fleet consumed 1.1 Raven Transport will deploy an additional 10 new LNG tractors out of Clean Energy’s Fort Worth, Texas, station starting in early March, which are expected to consume approximately 220,000 GGEs annually. Clean Energy will design, build, lease and operate a new station in Orange County, Fla.,

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GE unveils prototype for first Tier 4 heavy-haul locomotive

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Effective in 2015, Tier 4 standards will require manufacturers of locomotive diesel engines to lower particulate emissions 70% and NO x 76%, compared to engines first introduced in 2005. These changes will enhance the locomotive’s pulling capability, performance, emission reductions and fuel efficiency.