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Caterpillar Inc. launched the first blog within their new Power Generation Online Community. The community can be described as an interactive forum where consulting specifying engineers, operators and other power generation professionals can exchange ideas and best practices. Past experience purchasing or working with Cat power generation equipment is not required to participate and there are no registration fees.

"The primary goal of the online community is to help people in our industry connect with each other around the clock and around the world," said Dave Lucas, Manager of Marketing Communications, Caterpillar Electric Power Division. "By expanding the community to feature blogs written by Caterpillar subject matter experts, we hope to provide an avenue for the exploration of new technology and trends. We want to launch a platform to discuss not only best practices, but also address real challenges in the field by encouraging peer-generated solutions."

Launched June 8, 2009, the first blog discusses landfill-gas-to-energy, where Richard Crump of Caterpillar outlines the economic benefits and offers advice on how to get started.

The online community can be accessed at www.catelectricpowerinfo.com/connect. To date, users from 184 countries have generated more than 800,000 page views.

Caterpillar is helping to lead the power generation market place with power systems engineered to deliver unmatched flexibility, expandability, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.

The company offers worldwide product support, with parts and service available globally through the Cat service and dealer network. In addition, dealer service technicians are trained to service every aspect of Cat equipment.

About Caterpillar Inc.
For more than 80 years, Caterpillar Inc. has been making progress possible and driving positive and sustainable change on every continent. With 2008 sales and revenues of $51.324B, Caterpillar is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, and industrial gas turbines. The company also is a leading services provider through Caterpillar Financial Services, Caterpillar Remanufacturing Services, Caterpillar Logistics Services and Progress Rail Services. For more information, visit http://www.cat.com/.

SOURCE: Caterpillar Inc., Electric Power Division