ESW America Inc. (ESW America), a wholly owned subsidiary of Environmental Solutions Worldwide Inc. (ESW), has received a $731,000 funding for US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) verification of its XTRM Cat Marine/Locomotive catalyst technology. The funding was provided from the Texas Environmental Research Consortium (TERC) and the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC). This funding is made possible by New Technology Research and Development (NTRD) Program.
The new funding is proposed to support ESW America in the final testing of XTRM Cat technology in the real-world applications along with offering a platform for EPA verification. In March 2009, the EPA finalized more rigorous emissions standards for the locomotives and marine compression-ignition engines opening the door for this new regulated market.
The NTRD Program is financed by the State of Texas via Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). NTRD fundings are designed to accelerate the commercialization of new emission reduction technologies that will enhance the air quality of Texas.
Yiqun Huang, NTRD Program director for HARC, commented “We would like to see this important technology to be demonstrated with EPA verification test so that it can be accepted and commercially available for retrofitting locomotive and marine diesels to reduce their emissions. I believe just like diesel oxidation catalyst and diesel particulate filter for current on-road and offroad diesel applications, technologies like XTRM Cat™ will have an important role in reducing emissions from locomotive and marine engines.”
David J. Johnson, ESW’s president and chief executive officer stated, “We believe this new grant underscores the confidence TERC/HARC has in our Company’s ability to provide tangible real world results which will in turn provide significant contributions towards cleaning the air quality in Texas. We are looking forward to implementing the XTRM Cat™ infield demonstration and final EPA verification testing. We believe, once the EPA verifies, the XtrmCat™, it will give the Company a competitive edge in the marine/locomotive emissions retrofit sector of the Industry.”
“ESWA has been awarded the grant in part due to the significant progress and success that was achieved with the XTRM Cat™ on Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) 2-stroke diesel engines during the previous $250,000 TERC/HARC grant received in 2007. Johnson added, The EMD design engines are standard equipment on Marine/Locomotive applications in North American with a population demographic in excess of 40 thousand units in operation.”
ESW is a Canada-based designer, developer, manufacturer and seller of environmental technologies and testing services.