Caterpillar’s MWM Sees Rise in Clean Engines Amid Nuclear Woes

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MWM GmbH, the German engine maker bought last year by Caterpillar Inc., said more customers are looking for alternative-fuel engines as Germany winds down its nuclear power.

Higher energy prices and supply shortages are leading private, public and industrial sectors to search for clean, decentralized ways to produce power, Willy Schumacher, managing director of Mannheim-based MWM, said by phone. Decentralized power is energy produced at the point of use, unlike power generated from large, remote power stations.