Capstone Turbine Receives Follow-On Order from France for 2.8 MW of Renewable Energy MicroTurbines.MILAN Milan, prince and king of Serbia Milan (Milan Obrenović) (mĭl`än ōbrĕ`nəvĭch), 1854–1901, prince (1868–82) and king (1882–89) of Serbia; grandnephew of Miloš Obrenović. , Italy -- The European sales and service office of Los Angeles-based Capstone Turbine Capstone Turbine Corporation NASDAQ: CPST, incorporated in 1988, is a California based gas turbine manufacturer that specializes in microturbine power and heat cogeneration systems. Capstone has sold and shipped more than 3,000 of these one-moving-part systems worldwide. (www.microturbine.com) (Nasdaq:CPST CPST Cable Programming Services Tier CPST Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology CPST Community Psychiatric Supportive Treatment (Ohio) CPST Child Passenger Safety Technician CPST Classical Perturbation Scattering Theory ), the world's leading manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, today announced a follow-on order from its distributor in France for 2.8 megawatts of its 30-kW biogas-fueled microturbine products. The new order from Soffimat (www.soffimat.com) is the second major order from the Paris-based energy systems distributor. The previous order seven months ago was for one megawatt meg·a·watt n. Abbr. MW One million watts. meg  a·watt of Capstone MicroTurbine(TM)
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 em·a·nate intr. & tr.v. em·a·nat·ed, em·a·nat·ing, em·a·nates To come or send forth, as from a source: light that emanated from a lamp; a stove that emanated a steady heat. from landfills, thus creating renewable energy Renewable energy utilizes natural resources such as sunlight, wind, tides and geothermal heat, which are naturally replenished. Renewable energy technologies range from solar power, wind power, and hydroelectricity to biomass and biofuels for transportation. 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 bi·o·gas n. A mixture of methane and carbon dioxide produced by bacterial degradation of organic matter and used as a fuel. biogas Noun gaseous fuel produced by the fermentation of organic waste 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 (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. John Tucker For other persons named John Tucker, see John Tucker (disambiguation). John G. Tucker (born September 29, 1964) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played twelve seasons in the National Hockey League in the 1980s and 90s. 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 (www.microturbine.com) (Nasdaq:CPST) 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(TM) systems to customers worldwide. These award-winning systems have logged more than 8 million hours of documented operation. An ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001:2000-certified company, Capstone Turbine is headquartered in the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. area, with sales and/or service centers in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Milan and Tokyo. "Capstone Turbine Corp" is a registered trademark of Capstone Turbine Corporation. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. This press release contains "forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. ," as that term is used in the federal securities laws, about Capstone's business with regard to, among other items, expectations of order growth in foreign markets. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as "expect," "believe" and similar phrases. These statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties that may cause Capstone's actual results to be materially different. These statements speak only as of the date of this release. Capstone disclaims any obligation to revise these statements hereafter. Editors: A publication-quality photo of the first Soffimat landfill installation is at: www.microturbine.com/News/8-unitsSMITOPlandfillFrance.jpg A photo caption and details of this are at: http://www.microturbine.com/whatsnew/morePhotos.asp?newsid=341 Announcement of Soffimat's previous one-megawatt order is at: www.microturbine.com/whatsnew/pressrelease.asp?article=316 Announcement of the recent 3.2 megawatt order noted above is at: www.microturbine.com/whatsnew/pressrelease.asp?article=338 Spec sheets on Capstone MicroTurbine models are at: www.microturbine.com/technology/specsheets.asp Some example case studies are at: www.microturbine.com/onsite |
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