Capstone said that it offers an integrated microturbine package to meet the special requirements of offshore applications. This includes corrosion protection with a stainless steel enclosure, optional Class-I Div-2 NFPA 496 certification for use in hazardous areas, and UL listing.
The Capstone offshore package includes an energy storage system to start the microturbine and provide momentary power during abrupt load changes. The claimed result is highly regulated voltage and frequency regardless of load changes.
These compact, self-sufficient systems are reportedly engineered for unmanned platforms and have onshore dispatch, monitoring and diagnostics capability.
Jim Crouse, Capstone’s executive vice president of sales and marketing, said: This order builds further momentum for us in the oil and gas market. The order is from a fully integrated oil and gas corporation whose business encompasses the full spectrum of oil and gas operations.
