Fuel Tech Awarded Multiple Air Pollution Control Orders Totaling $2.0 Million; Includes ULTRA™ Systems in China

Fuel Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: FTEK), a world leader in advanced engineering solutions for the optimization of combustion systems and emissions control in utility and industrial applications, today announced receipt of air pollution control contracts totaling $2.0 million.

Principal among these was the award of two ULTRA™ systems for two 660 MW units in a single power generation site in northwest China. The systems will provide ammonia reagent in support of large coal-fired electric generating units outfitted with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems for nitrogen oxide (NOx) control. Equipment deliveries are scheduled for the third and fourth quarters of 2010.

Fuel Tech’s ULTRA process provides for the safe and cost-effective on-site conversion of urea to ammonia for use as a reagent in the selective catalytic reduction of NOx, eliminating the hazards associated with the transport, storage and handling of anhydrous or aqueous ammonia.

Additional orders include the following: a contract to install equipment previously ordered by a municipal power plant in the Midwestern U.S.; a CFD modeling and atomizing study in the Caribbean; and an SCR study at an industrial manufacturer.

John F. Norris Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "China remains a very active market for Fuel Tech’s ULTRA technology and we are pleased to be penetrating a new province within this large geography. In addition, this announcement represents the third ULTRA order associated with the plant’s utility owner, which operates a large fleet of coal-fired electric generating stations throughout China.”

About Fuel Tech

Fuel Tech is a leading technology company engaged in the worldwide development, commercialization and application of state-of-the-art proprietary technologies for air pollution control, process optimization, and advanced engineering services. These technologies enable customers to produce both energy and processed materials in a cost-effective and environmentally sustainable manner.

The Company’s nitrogen oxide (NOx) reduction technologies include advanced combustion modification techniques - such as Low NOx Burners and Over-Fire Air systems - and post-combustion NOx control approaches, including NOxOUT^® and HERT™ SNCR systems as well as systems that incorporate Advanced Selective Catalytic Combustion (ASCR™), CASCADE™, ULTRA™ and NOxOUT-SCR^® processes. These technologies have established Fuel Tech as a leader in NOx reduction, with installations on over 550 units worldwide, where coal, fuel oil, natural gas, municipal waste, biomass, and other fuels are utilized.

The Company’s FUEL CHEM^® technology revolves around the unique application of chemicals to improve the efficiency, reliability, fuel flexibility and environmental status of combustion units by controlling slagging, fouling, corrosion, opacity and operational issues associated with sulfur trioxide, ammonium bisulfate, particulate matter (PM_2.5), carbon dioxide and NOx. This technology, in the form of a customizable FUEL CHEM program, is being applied to 85 combustion units burning a wide variety of fuels including coal, heavy oil, biomass, and municipal waste. A breakdown of the nature of these customer units is posted on the Company’s website.

Fuel Tech also provides a range of combustion optimization services, including airflow testing, coal flow testing and boiler tuning, as well as services to help optimize selective catalytic reduction system performance, including catalyst management services and ammonia injection grid tuning. In addition, flow corrective devices and physical and computational modeling services are available to optimize flue gas distribution and mixing in both power plant and industrial applications.

Many of Fuel Tech’s products and services rely heavily on the Company’s exceptional Computational Fluid Dynamics modeling capabilities, which are enhanced by internally developed, high-end visualization software. These capabilities, coupled with the Company’s innovative technologies and multi-disciplined team approach, enable Fuel Tech to provide practical solutions to some of our customers’ most challenging problems. For more information, visit Fuel Tech’s web site at www.ftek.com.

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