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said Capstone’s CHP package fit the bill perfectly. “I discovered that turbine systems have much lower maintenance costs, and that they have much better performance in hot water production,” Dalla Villa said. “You must know that we need hot water in the waste treatment process. And, I must admit, I am very interested in new, original systems. Capstone was very convincing.” The Cossato plant serves a cluster of small cities with a combined population of 75,000, nestled in the foothills of the Italian Alps in northwest Italy, a mere 60 kilometers (37 miles) from the Swiss resort town of Zermatt with the Matterhorn as its trademark. Cossato might soon become a destination in its own right for operators of wastewater treatment plants who seek the same financial and environmental benefits that the Cossato Spolina plant has discovered. “We have already organized a visit there for other potential customers,” said Ilario Vigani, a senior sales executive with IBT Group, the Capstone Turbine distributor based in Treviso, Italy. “Cossato Spolina is an important reference installation in Italy and also in the rest of Europe.” Vigani said European biogas applications for Capstone’s technology were still in their infancy, with natural gas-burning turbine installations far more common. But, he predicted the efficiencies offered by the CR200 and other Capstone turbines would revolutionize the way wastewater treatment centers approach CHP generation. The secret is in the way the microturbines efficiently use biogas fuel that can vary widely in the concentration of methane, the purest energy source. Dalla Villa said his experience with the Capstone product shows it can operate effectively with biogas containing methane concentrations within a range of 50 – 80 percent. So-called “green certificates” for energy savings and carbon reduction – almost equivalent to currency as a measure of cost savings – would also lead to greater market opportunities in Europe, Vigani said. “Germany and Spain already have good incentives in place for (CHP) cogeneration,” he said. Vigani’s next Capstone customer might well be Cossato Spolina itself. Dalla Villa and other managers are completing an evaluation of the first CR200 A single Capstone CR200 microturbine fueled by biogas provides all the electrical power needed at the Cossato Spolina Wastewater plant in Italy. installation that he said likely would lead to another. “I prepared the system for expansion,” he said. “I plan to demonstrate with indisputable numbers that a second CR200 will be economically useful. In the meantime, I can already show the economic evidence of our investment so far.” Because the CR200 operated at 100 percent capacity for 330 days annually, plant operators recovered their investment in 18 months. “With the micro-cogeneration plant, we will save a lot of money with electricity self-production and the green certificates incentives,” Dalla Villa said. 21211 Nordhoff Street • Chatsworth • CA • 91311 • 866.422.7786 • 818.734.5300 • www.capstoneturbine.com ©2009 Capstone Turbine Corporation. P0612 Case Study CAP385PDF Image | Cossato Spolina Wastewater Treatment Plant
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