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ENGINES AND GENERATING SETSLow-speed dual-fuel enginesDriven by emission regulations and recent fuel price developments,the interest in gas as fuel for shipping is increasing. Wärtsilä is theleading provider of medium-speed gas and dual-fuel engines since2005. A major milestone was recently reached with 1000 engines sold,collectively logging more than 9 million running hours. Wärtsilä dualfueltechnology for 2-stroke engines is based on the pre-mixed leanburn combustion principle already proven for the Wärtsilä 4-strokedual-fuel engines. The merits of this technology are:• z no additional NO X reduction technologies are needed to fulfill theIMO Tier III requirements• z gas injection pressure < 16 bar• z simple, reliable and low cost gas supply system76