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LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE

TRENDS IN ENERGY TRANSITION

By Jason Kaiser, Caterpillar Senior Vice President

Caterpillar is more than just the the world. Today, we help customers
machines you see paving roads or combine various power products and
working at construction sites. In fact, services to generate reliable and
some of our most significant work sustainable power for their operations.
often goes unseen by the public –
powering hospitals; providing temporary I’ve been in the electric power business
power to entire communities in crisis my whole life. My dad worked at a utility
after a natural disaster; and using company, so I grew up around energy
renewable natural gas to provide clean and power. After studying electrical
power and heat to greenhouses and engineering in college, I joined Caterpillar,
provide food to our communities. where I’ve spent my entire professional
career. I’ve had the privilege of holding
DID YOU KNOW? many different roles – from engineering
For nearly 100 years, Caterpillar has to sales and marketing – and even
been investing in power generation ran a manufacturing facility. Today, I
solutions. In 1925, our engineers began lead a global team focused on serving
developing engines for our tractors and customers with equipment and services
quickly realized these engines could to solve electric power challenges –
be used in power systems to make ones that look quite different than they
even more progress possible. Since did in 1925. The new energy landscape
then, we’ve continually developed is complex and rapidly changing.
cleaner and increasingly efficient Fundamentals like increased demand,
power solutions for customers all over variability in supply, and expanding