WORTHINGTON, OH--(Marketwired - November 18, 2014) -
- Quarterly Revenue Up 49% Year-Over-Year
- Also Announces Key Executive Appointments
Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. (OTCQB: MEEC) an emerging leader in mercury emissions control technology for the coal-power industry, today reported third quarter 2014 revenues of $1.37 million, up 49% year over year. The Company also announced the appointment of John Pavlish as Chief Technology Officer.
President and CEO Alan Kelley stated, "Our operational performance this past quarter was exceptional, as we met our critical timelines with our utility customers on equipment deliveries and enjoyed revenues for this quarter that exceeded any prior quarter in our Company's history. Our team continues to invest time and resources into execution and quality and I am very pleased with the results to date. In addition to our revenue growth and customer wins, we also made material progress in implementing other growth initiatives during the third quarter, and subsequent to quarter end, with personnel additions in Business Development, Sales, Operations and the signing of our new Chief Technology Officer."
"We are extremely pleased to announce the growth of our leadership team with the addition of John Pavlish to the position of CTO," continued Mr. Kelley. "John comes to us from the world-renowned Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC). We have worked with John for a long time as part of the EERC where he was the key contributor to the development of the patented technology that MEEC has now commercialized for mercury control."
Prior to joining MEEC, Mr. Pavlish served as a Senior Research Advisor and the Director of the multiyear, multimillion dollar Center for Air Toxic Metals® (CATM®) Program at the EERC. He has over 28 years of experience with advanced and conventional combustion systems to solve operational and environmental problems. His principal areas of interest and expertise include air toxic issues; hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) with special emphasis on mercury; CO2 capture; and coal combustion process and power plant system performance, including economic and feasibility analyses.
Mr. Kelley concluded, "This is a great day for our Company, as we announce significant growth in revenues, timely execution for our customers, and the broadening out of our team with industry-leading talent. As we look ahead, our focus continues to be on delivering maximum value to shareholders, leading-edge execution and quality for our customers, and a material focus on innovation."
About Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. (ME2C)
Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. develops and employs patented and proprietary technologies to remove mercury from coal-power plant emissions. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Mercury and Air Toxic Standards (MATS) rule requires that all coal- and oil-fired power plants in the U.S., larger than 25 mega-watts, must remove roughly 90% of mercury from their emissions starting April 16, 2015. ME2C employs patented technology that has been shown to achieve mercury removal levels compliant with MATS at a significantly lower cost and with less operational impact than currently used methods, while preserving the marketability of fly-ash for beneficial use, a roughly $450mm industry annually.
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