News
September 1, 2021
Caterpillar contact:
Kate Kenny
Global Government & Corporate Affairs
Mobile: 309-361-9333
Email: Kenny_Kate@cat.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Caterpillar to Expand Hydrogen-Powered Solutions to Customers
DEERFIELD, IL – Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) today announced it will begin offering Cat®
generator sets capable of operating on 100% hydrogen, including fully renewable greenhydrogen, on a designed-to-order basis in late 2021. More immediately, the company will launchcommercially available power generation solutions that can be configured to operate on naturalgas blended with up to 25% hydrogen.
These market-focused innovations build upon Caterpillar’s hydrogen solutions portfolio,
including Solar® Turbines’ gas turbine generator sets, which have run on high hydrogen blends
for decades and are capable of operating on 100% hydrogen today. The ability to work withhydrogen fuel helps address customers’ carbon-reduction goals with high-performing, costeffective technologies.
“At Caterpillar, we are working alongside our customers to understand their needs, and they arelooking for reliable power sources that support their climate-related goals,” said Joe Creed,Caterpillar group president of Energy & Transportation. “Our continued investment in new
products, technologies and services is one way we’re supporting them with the quality solutions
they’ve come to count on from Caterpillar.”With the reciprocating engine capabilities of up to 100% hydrogen, Caterpillar is expanding on
its legacy in gas engines and Solar® gas turbines with more than 35 years of experience with(more)
Caterpillar: Confidential Green-2high-hydrogen fuel. Caterpillar continues to make investments aimed at improving the capabilityof hydrogen-powered solutions and replicating them across engine platforms as this fuel will
likely play a role in customers’ plans for a reduced-carbon future.

About Caterpillar
With 2020 sales and revenues of $41.7 billion, Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading
manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial
gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives. Since 1925, we’ve been driving sustainable
progress and helping customers build a better world through innovative products and services.
Throughout the product life cycle, we offer services built on cutting-edge technology anddecades of product expertise. These products and services, backed by our global dealer network,
provide exceptional value to help our customers succeed. We do business on every continent,
principally operating through three primary segments – Construction Industries, Resource
Industries, and Energy & Transportation – and providing financing and related services throughour Financial Products segment. Visit us at caterpillar.com or join the conversation on our social
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Caterpillar’s actual results may differ materially from those described or implied in our forward-looking
statements based on a number of factors, including, but not limited to: (i) global and regional economicconditions and economic conditions in the industries we serve; (ii) commodity price changes, material
price increases, fluctuations in demand for our products or significant shortages of material; (iii)
government monetary or fiscal policies; (iv) political and economic risks, commercial instability andevents beyond our control in the countries in which we operate; (v) international trade policies and theirimpact on demand for our products and our competitive position, including the imposition of new tariffs
or changes in existing tariff rates; (vi) our ability to develop, produce and market quality products thatmeet our customers’ needs; (vii) the impact of the highly competitive environment in which we operate
on our sales and pricing; (viii) information technology security threats and computer crime; (ix) inventory
management decisions and sourcing practices of our dealers and our OEM customers; (x) a failure torealize, or a delay in realizing, all of the anticipated benefits of our acquisitions, joint ventures ordivestitures; (xi) union disputes or other employee relations issues; (xii) adverse effects of unexpected
events; (xiii) disruptions or volatility in global financial markets limiting our sources of liquidity or the(more)
Caterpillar: Confidential Green-3liquidity of our customers, dealers and suppliers; (xiv) failure to maintain our credit ratings and potential
resulting increases to our cost of borrowing and adverse effects on our cost of funds, liquidity,competitive position and access to capital markets; (xv) our Financial Products segment’s risks associatedwith the financial services industry; (xvi) changes in interest rates or market liquidity conditions; (xvii) an
increase in delinquencies, repossessions or net losses of Cat Financial’s customers; (xviii) currency
fluctuations; (xix) our or Cat Financial’s compliance with financial and other restrictive covenants in debtagreements; (xx) increased pension plan funding obligations; (xxi) alleged or actual violations of trade oranti-corruption laws and regulations; (xxii) additional tax expense or exposure, including the impact of
U.S. tax reform; (xxiii) significant legal proceedings, claims, lawsuits or government investigations;(xxiv) new regulations or changes in financial services regulations; (xxv) compliance with environmental
laws and regulations; (xxvi) the duration and geographic spread of, business disruptions caused by, andthe overall global economic impact of, the COVID-19 pandemic; and (xxvii) other factors described in
more detail in Caterpillar’s Forms 10-Q, 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.

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