Fuel Tech Awarded Multiple Air Pollution Control Orders Totaling $2.5 Million

Principal among these were several orders for HERT(TM) High Energy Reagent Technology(TM) systems, which utilize Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction (SNCR) for nitrogen oxide (NOx) control. These initiatives include an equipment order by a Midwestern utility in response to the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), as well as orders by two Northeastern utilities, one for a HERT system upgrade and the other for a HERT system demonstration.

In addition to the foregoing, engineering and equipment orders were received for a NOxOUT(R) SNCR system for a municipal solid waste incinerator in France. Lastly, a number of supplemental equipment orders were placed for previously secured business, most notably for burner-related activities in Chile.

"Order flow is building at Fuel Tech, especially for our recently acquired HERT system product line," commented John F. Norris Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer. "As we have previously noted, the reinstitution of CAIR in late December 2008 has resulted in a strong pick-up in quotation activity, which we are now in a better position to address with our expanded suite of low capital cost approaches for NOx reduction."

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 overfire air systems - and post-combustion NOx control approaches, including NOxOUT(R) and HERT(TM) SNCR systems as well as systems that incorporate NOxOUT CASCADE(R), ULTRA(TM), Rich Reagent Injection (RRI) and NOxOUT-SCR(R) 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(R) 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 acid plume, as well as the formation of sulfur trioxide, ammonium bisulfate, particulate matter (PM2.5), carbon dioxide and NOx. This technology, in the form of a customizable FUEL CHEM program, is being applied to over 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.

This press release may contain statements of a forward-looking nature regarding future events. These statements are only predictions and actual events may differ materially. Please refer to documents that Fuel Tech files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a discussion of certain factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements.

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