CHATSWORTH, Calif., Jan. 5, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.capstoneturbine.com) (Nasdaq:CPST), the world’s leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, announced today that the Yakutsk Poultry Farm, the largest supplier of poultry products in the Russian region of Yakutia, has installed ten Capstone C65 microturbines.
BPC Engineering, Capstone’s Russian distributor, secured the order. More than 140 microturbines have been installed in Yakutia since 2004.
The region’s capital city, Yakutsk, is known by many as “the coldest city on earth”, which translates to a high demand for reliable power and heating. High load facilities in this region are especially vulnerable to power failures, which is why the Yakutsk Poultry Farm chose clean-and-green Capstone microturbines for their distributed combined heat and power (CHP) energy solution.
Capstone microturbines can achieve efficiency levels over 80 percent in cogeneration applications. The low-maintenance microturbines increase reliability and provide a significant decrease in primary energy costs by allowing the farm to break free from the costly local utility and achieve energy independence. Fueled by high-pressure natural gas, the new plant consists of ten C65 microturbines with two hot water boilers. The microturbines and boilers produce 650kW of electricity and 2,150kW of thermal energy, respectively. The plant fully supports the farm’s power needs for lighting, water troughs and other electrical equipment, as well as thermal energy for heating and hot water production.
“There are a substantial number of microturbines operating in Yakutia today,” said Jim Crouse, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Capstone Turbine. “Capstone is pleased with the growth pattern in the region as BPC Engineering continues to diversify its business both geographically and in multiple market verticals,” added Crouse.
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