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For Immediate
Release
Zero Emissions
Technology Inc. Becomes Powerspan Corp.
New Durham, NH
- March 31, 2000 -- Zero Emissions Technology Inc. announced
today that the company is changing its name to Powerspan Corp.,
reflecting the company's focus on next generation energy technology
to serve the competitive power industry.
Powerspan's proprietary
energy technology can be deployed in multiple sectors of the power
industry, including coal, oil, and gas based power generation. Deregulation
is unleashing competitive forces that will require power generators
to rapidly adopt innovative, money-saving technologies. Investment
decisions, no longer supported by rate base recovery, are now driven
by return on investment. Powerspan's innovative solutions address
these changing needs of the power industry.
According to Frank Alix,
chief executive officer of Powerspan, "Due to the evolving nature
of our proprietary energy technology and its potential for widespread
application, the time has come to refine our name to more accurately
reflect our company and its future direction. The name Powerspan
emphasizes our focus on the competitive power industry and on innovative
applications of our proprietary electrotechnology. Driven by information
technology, the new energy economy runs on electricity. As a consequence,
technology that provides for clean, high quality electric supply
will be in increasing demand. Furthermore, technologies which use
electricity to enhance productivity, or electrotechnologies, will
enjoy rapid acceptance."
Powerspan began in 1994
as Zero Emissions Technology Inc. The company initially developed
and manufactured proprietary modifications for power plants fueled
by coal. These products decrease particulate emissions for a nominal
cost and, in some cases, provide a return on investment.
Recognizing the growing
challenge of providing clean, competitive power from existing generating
plants, Powerspan next developed a cost-effective, multi-pollutant
control technology for coal-fired power plants. The patented technology,
called Electro-Catalytic OxidationTM (ECO), provides
the functionality of four separate control technologies in a single
integrated system and produces valuable byproducts that become the
feedstock for other industrial processes. With costs that are a
fraction of alternative technologies, ECO addresses the need for
producing clean, competitive power from existing generating assets.
ECO technology was successfully
demonstrated in a pilot facility operated in collaboration with
FirstEnergy at its R. E. Burger Generating Station. Powerspan and
FirstEnergy are now planning a $10.5 million commercial ECO installation
for Spring 2001 at FirstEnergy's Eastlake Generating Station near
Cleveland, Ohio.
Powerspan Corp. is engaged
in the development and commercialization of innovative, proprietary
energy technology for the global electric power industry. The company
is a pioneer in building cost effective and timely solutions for
the existing power generating base. Company research and development
efforts focus on unique applications of its proprietary electrotechnology
to air emission control and water disinfection. Powerspan offers
technology solutions to address the competitive needs of the new
energy economy.
More information on Powerspan
is accessible at: http://www.powerspancorp.com.
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Powerspan
Contact: Stephanie Procopis, Director of Marketing
Phone: (603) 859-2500 x20
Fax: (603) 859-2501
Email: sprocopis@powerspancorp.com
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