Capstone Turbine Corporation, the world’s leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, announced that it has secured orders for two additional C200 systems and two C65 systems that will be installed in two industrial combined heat and power (CHP) applications in Mexico. These two new orders are on the heels of four C200 CHP systems sold this past January for multiple industrial manufacturing customers.
Secured by DTC Soluciones Inmobiliarias SA de CV, Capstone’s exclusive distributor in Mexico, the combined orders are for two C200 systems and two C65 CHP systems. Each of these systems will use clean-burning natural gas to provide power and thermal energy for the manufacturing process. Capstone CHP systems offer additional environmental benefits when compared with purchased electricity and thermal energy produced on site. By capturing and utilizing heat that would otherwise be wasted from the production of electricity, on-site CHP systems require less fuel to produce the same amount of energy and reduce reliance on more expensive local grid power.
The C200 systems will be installed at an energy drink manufacturer where the thermal energy will be used to create steam for the manufacturing process, and the two C65s will be installed at a produce packager where the exhaust will be used to create chilled water used in the vegetable packaging process.
Utilizing the heat by-product of an electricity generating system, like a Capstone microturbine, allows operators to reduce emissions and save added cost that would otherwise be required to produce heat or steam in a separate unit. While traditional electricity from the grid with coal and gas-fired plants produce power at 33% efficiency, Capstone CHP systems can reach efficiencies of more than 80%.
