Cleantech Update

This is a Capstone Press Release but the application is is interesting: using coal seam gas to run a microturbine that powers reverse osmosis water purification to clean industrial water in Australia. -Editor CHATSWORTH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.microturbine.com) (NASDAQ:CPST), the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, today announced that it received a follow on order for three C1000 systems from Aquatec-Maxcon Pty Ltd, its distributor for the Australian market. The order is for Capstone C1000 MicroTurbine(R) systems to be installed by a coal seem gas producer in a reverse osmosis water system application in Australia. "Australia is proving to be a strong market for both green building and oil & gas applications. This project is to power a reverse osmosis plant that cleans contaminated water that is a byproduct of coal seem gas extraction. The clean water is made available to local towns as potable...

BRISTOL TOWNSHIP – Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger today toured The Bridge Business Center in Bristol Township, Bucks County, where $1 million in federal recovery funds are being used to install a modern energy system in a former Rohm & Haas laboratory. Secretary Hanger witnessed a milestone in the project’s development, as seven micro-turbines were lifted by crane and placed on the roof of a building at 360 George Patterson Blvd., where renovations are underway in the 50,000-square-foot, multi-tenant facility. “This is how recovery funds are making a real difference in people’s lives,” said Hanger. “In a community that has suffered from an economic downturn, we see this developer making not only a $4.5 million investment in adaptive reuse of a building on a designated brownfield site, but also in providing a clean, affordable and reliable source of energy for its tenants.” In March, Governor Edward G. Rendell announced the $1 million Penns...

This is from the Ca[pstone Website -Editor Stimulus Package Signed by President Obama On February 17, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R.1) into law. The package contains a number of measures designed to promote clean energy and energy efficiency, many of which could be beneficial to deployment of Capstone’s products and the continued development of our technology. For example, the Stimulus provides: Grants in lieu of the 10 percent investment tax credit (ITC) on microturbines and combined heat and power (CHP); $3.2 billion in block grants to states and local governments to spend on energy efficiency and $3,1 billion to fund state energy programs; $16.8 billion in funding for DOE to fund Research and Development of clean energy and efficiency technologies, among other programs; Bonus depreciation of capital equipment; $11 billion to fund clean energy and energy efficiency upgrades at federal buildings. The following summary contains more details on t...

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