Capstone Turbine

Capstone Turbine

Infobox Company
company_name = Capstone Turbine Corp.
company_
company_type = Public (NASDAQ|CPST)
foundation = 1988
location = Chatsworth, California
key_people = Darren R. Jamison (CEO)
industry = Industrial Electrical Equipment
products = Microturbines
revenue = $21.02 Million (Period Ending 31-Mar-07)
num_employees = 195 (2007)
parent =
homepage = [http://www.microturbine.com/ www.microturbine.com]

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 6,000 of these one-moving-part systems worldwide. It is the only microturbine manufacturer of oil-free gas microturbines, made possible with the use of foil bearings.

The company sells products for electrical power generation, cogeneration, biogas-fueled renewable energy, and hybrid vehicle power. It has Microturbine offerings in the following sizes: 30 kW, 60 kW, 65 kW and 200 kW. Capstone is a supplier of Microturbines to UTC Power's PureComfort System® product.

ee also

*Distributed power
*Brayton cycle
*FlexEnergy
*Low Btu Gas

References

* Capstone Turbine Announces Initial $3.8 Million Order for Its C200 Microturbine [http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/071002/20071002006323.html?.v=1] .

External links

* [http://www.microturbine.com/_docs/CaseStudyRitzCarlton.pdf Case Study of Ritz Carlton in San Francisco using UTC Power's PureComfort System powered by Capstone Microturbines]
* [http://www.microturbine.com Company website]
* [http://www.flexenergy.com FlexEnergy]
* [http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/RT2002/5000/5960weaver.html NASA's oil-free turbine research program]

External links

* [http://www.utcpower.com UTC Power Official Site]
* [http://www.capstoneturbine.com Capstone Turbine Official Site]
* [http://www.utcpower.com/fs/com/bin/fs_com_Page/0,5672,0125,00.html PureComfort® solutions System Overview]

Related Links

* [http://www.utcpower.com/fs/com/bin/fs_com_Page/0,5672,0249,00.html The PureCell® M400 Power System Overview]
* [http://www.utcpower.com/fs/com/bin/fs_com_Page/0,5672,0254,00.html The PureCell® Model 200 Power System Overview]


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