Capstone Turbine Corporation has received an order for a C1000 microturbine to be installed at a power generation facility powered by flare gas in Canada.
The power plant is owned by Kineticor Resource Corporation, a Canada-based firm specialising in the construction and operation of flare gas power generation facilities. It will be commissioned in October 2015 and use associated gas, also known as flare gas, produced by a central Saskatchewan energy company.
According to the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), Canada is the world’s fifth-largest natural gas producer and has enough natural gas reserves to meet current national energy demand for the next 300 years. About 30 per cent of Canada’s entire energy needs are met by natural gas.
“Throughout western Canada Horizon Power Systems has seen more interest in using highly reliable Capstone microturbines to convert flare gas to useable energy," said Sam Henry, President of Horizon Power Systems, Capstone’s distibutor. "The fuel flexibility of Capstone microturbines is a critical competitive advantage. The high level of hydrogen sulphide in this fuel makes traditional reciprocating engine generator sets and other power sources difficult to employ, but Capstone microturbines operate seamlessly across a wide variety of fuels."
“Strict guidelines have been imposed under the Saskatchewan Energy and Resource Directive S-10 to reduce the flaring, incinerating and venting of associated gas," said Jim Crouse, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Capstone Turbine. "Capstone microturbines can efficiently run on this often wasted resource to generate clean energy for end users."
