Capstone Turbine Receives Follow-On Order For 2.8 MW Of Renewable Energy MicroTurbines
The new order from Soffimat is the second major order from the Paris-based energy systems distributor. The previous order seven months ago was for one megawatt of Capstone MicroTurbine™ energy systems.
"What we sell to our clients, we operate and field test ourselves before we go to the market," said Fahim Samaha, President of Soffimat. "Our own experience of easy and uncomplicated operation, of fewer stops for maintenance coupled with low maintenance cost, and the high operating flexibility of the microturbine package reassured us that the step into microturbine technology was the right decision."
Soffimat reports it will deploy the C30 systems at four landfills in France. These units will be fueled entirely by waste gases -- which would otherwise be flared -- that emanate from landfills, thus creating renewable energy and improving the environment.
"Last year, Soffimat commissioned their first Capstone array at a landfill 100 kilometers north of Paris," said Tony Hynes, Capstone's Vice-President of Sales & Service. "The project was a tremendous success. Based on their confidence in our systems' reliability and low emissions profile on biogas fuels, in October 2004, they placed a follow-on order for a megawatt of our products. Now, with today's much larger order, Soffimat continues to bring this renewable energy success to larger landfill sites throughout France. In one instance, at a landfill near Lyon, the array will be nearly quadruple that of their first installation."
One additional non-biogas unit ordered by Soffimat will be fueled with natural gas. The stand-alone C30 will operate independent of the utility grid at a brickyard. Its exhaust will be used in the brick drying process.
This latest order from France comes on the heels of a 3.2 megawatt order last month for natural gas fueled 60-kilowatt microturbines from Capstone's distributors in Russia and Italy.
Commenting on these latest orders, Capstone CEO John Tucker said, "A total order volume from Europe of 6 megawatts of Capstone MicroTurbines within a few weeks is, by far, a new milestone. But most significant is that these orders are coming to us because our distributors have demonstrated to their clients the robust effectiveness that our microturbines are delivering in the European and other markets. Repeatable business like this is exactly what we've been targeting."
About Soffimat
Soffimat, a Paris based company, has been active in energy conversion and power generation for the past 17 years, and can look back at a reference of 1.2 gigawatts of installed capacity of different energy technologies, including gas turbines, gas engines, diesel engines and, most recently, microturbines.
About Capstone Turbine
Capstone Turbine Corporation is the world's leading producer of low-emission microturbine systems. In 1998, Capstone was the first to offer commercial energy products utilizing microturbine technology, the result of more than ten years of focused research. Capstone Turbine has shipped more than 3,000 Capstone MicroTurbine™ systems to customers worldwide. These award-winning systems have logged more than 8 million hours of documented operation. An ISO 9001:2000 certified company, Capstone Turbine is headquartered in the Los Angeles area with sales and/or service centers in New York, Milan and Tokyo.
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