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Western Branch Diesel Awarded For Exemplary Environmental Compliance

Western Branch Diesel Awarded For Exemplary Environmental Compliance

May 11, 2013

Western Branch Diesel recently received the HRSD (Hampton Roads Sanitation District) Platinum Achievement Award for exemplary compliance with their environmental permits. WBD’s Platinum honor at the 20th Annual Awards Ceremony held in Norfolk, Virginia was for perfect compliance for eight consecutive years of Pretreatment Excellence & Pollution Prevention. Recognized among more than 130 private and [...]

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Customer Service for a Thor Motorhome Freightliner Chassis

April 4, 2013

Gentlemen: On a recent trip from Florida, I experienced trouble with my 2013 Thor Tuscany Motor Home. I wish to thank your company for allowing us to stay on the property in our motor home and use the electric and water services. Your service department was courteous and helpful during our unplanned 2Y2 day stay. I especially would [...]

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A Warm Welcome to Our Newest Team Members

January 29, 2013

Western Branch Diesel is pleased to announce the hiring of our new Project Manager, Al Iaconangelo. Al has experience in the power generation industry working as a project foreman and field engineer with local contractors and has an active master electrician license. He has a lot to offer our team as we move forward in [...]

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Charles T. Gould Appointed Assistant General Sales & Marketing Manager

June 13, 2012

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Charles T. Gould Jr. (Chuck) to Assistant General Sales and Marketing Manager.  Chuck is a graduate of James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.  He was previously employed by Sony Classical, Washington DC/New York Branch for five years as Sales Representative and later East Coast Regional Sales Manager and [...]

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Wholesale data center provider focuses on energy savings, low environmental impact and high reliability with generator sets that are already outfitted with advanced exhaust aftertreatment or designed to readily accept it.

Power Loft Data Center Earns LEED Gold

June 8, 2012

As seen in MTU Report, May 2012: Standby Power System from Western Branch Diesel & MTU Onsite Energy Integral to Design Efficiency Data centers are big users of electric power. Rack upon rack of computer servers can consume up to 300 watts of electricity for each square foot of floor space, which adds up to a lot of [...]

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Crane Repower at Naval Station Norfolk

May 9, 2012

The below is a testimonial we recently received from a completed engine repower on a crane at Naval Station Norfolk for NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic in Norfolk, Virginia This was a repower to replace an aging 8V-92 with an MTU Series 60 engine powering a floating crane for the Navy ships dock. The job was done at Collana’s [...]

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WBD provides General Dynamics IT with MTU Generator Set

WBD provides General Dynamics IT with MTU Generator Set

May 1, 2012

General Dynamics Internet Technologies (GDIT) and Jim Corridon Electric recently called upon Western Branch Diesel to quickly deliver an on-site gen set for their FAVES project in Falls Church, VA. GDIT is currently heading up a 228 million dollar,  modernization of the Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrative Voice Enterprise Services (FAVES) program. [...]

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Manassas Airport Hanger Turnkey Project

Manassas Airport Hanger Turnkey Project

April 25, 2012

Western Branch Diesel recently completed a critical power backup project for a government agency’s Manassas, Virginia airport hanger. We handled this project from start to finish, with team players including Turner VA Corp & ASCO. From the project’s outset, we helped select a generator size and offered recommendations for the property’s building plans. This particular project [...]

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Redundant Power Generators for Dutch Embassy Data Center

Redundant Power Generators for Dutch Embassy Data Center

April 24, 2012

Western Branch Diesel’s Power Generation Division, in cooperation with Power System Inc, Ewing Associates & Tanks Direct, recently finished a long term power generation project for the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands. Located in Washington DC, the Kingdom of the Netherland’s Embassy houses a Citrix server data center which feeds critical operational data to 12 embassies [...]

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Emergency Power Generation for WMATA Metro Project

Emergency Power Generation for WMATA Metro Project

April 16, 2012

On Thursday at approximately 2:00 pm we received a call from Shep Moore (Senior Project Manager) and Paul Mella (Senior Vice President) of Dynalectric. They had gotten a call from a very important client of theirs, JBG Companies. JBG is the owner/developer of “Central Place,” a project being built over the WMATA Metro Rosslyn, VA [...]

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