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Energy Developments Ltd.
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business areas: remote energy and clean
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and Europe uses a range of fuel sources
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“I would certainly recommend considering
the Cat product and the dealer support that
comes with it to anyone who is thinking
about putting generators in a remote
application fueled by LNG.”
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process, and sent through a pipeline to power
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