Apr 3 2008
Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc., the cleantech emissions reduction company, today announced approval for the inclusion of their Purifier e4 retrofit technology in the Scottish Government Emissions Reduction Register program.
The Scottish Government recently launched an Air Quality Grant Scheme to provide funding to local authorities to retrofit vehicles they operate with particulate matter (PM) reduction equipment. The Scheme aims to support local authorities in improving air quality as part of their statutory local air quality management responsibilities. Implementation of the Scheme will be supported by the Scottish Government Emissions Reduction Register (SGERR) and managed by the Energy Saving Trust (EST).
Clean Diesel CEO, Bernhard Steiner stated, “We are pleased that our solutions are playing an increasingly significant part in global emissions reduction and air quality improvement. By supporting the Scottish Government Emissions Reduction Register, we build on our success as an approved provider in the London Low Emission Zone, and enable more vehicles throughout the UK to reduce particulate matter emissions without increasing levels of harmful NO2.”
As a part of the Air Quality Grant Scheme, local authorities in Scotland are offered grants covering 30% of the total cost of retrofit implementation. A total grant budget of £2 million is available over two years. Only technologies on the EST register of approved suppliers and equipment are eligible for funding under the plan. Clean Diesel’s Purifier e4 is now a part of this register.
To qualify for the EST register, technologies must reduce PM by a minimum of 85% and show no increase in NO2. Many highly catalyzed retrofit systems that reduce particulate matter emissions increase NO2 levels. However, Clean Diesel’s Purifier e4 solution achieves PM reduction without this compromise - which ultimately will protect both the natural environment and human health. The scientific community’s increased concern about the role of rising NO2 levels in deteriorating urban air quality is likely to create growth opportunities for providers of such low-NO2 systems.
This development follows Clean Diesel’s London Low Emission Zone certification in October 2007 and demonstrates Clean Diesel’s increasing penetration into the global emissions reduction market.