as nasdaq cpst industry industrial electrical equipment founded 1988 headquarters chatsworth california united states key people darren r. jamison ceo products microturbines revenue 133.1 million period ending 31 mar 14 number of employees 225 1 website www.capstoneturbine.com cross section cutaway illustration of generator and engine capstone turbine corporation incorporated in 1988 is a california based gas turbine manufacturer that specializes in microturbine power along with heating and cooling cogeneration systems . key to the capstone design is its use of foil bearings which provides maintenance and fluid free operation for the lifetime of the turbine and reduces the system to a single moving part . this also eliminates the need for any cooling or other secondary systems . the company sells micro turbine generators for electrical power generation cogeneration biogas fueled renewable energy and hybrid vehicle power . capstone has microturbine offerings in the following sizes 30 kw 60 kw 65 kw 200 kw 600 kw 800 kw and 1 mw . multiple turbines can be combined with capstone s aps or advanced power server to create multiple megawatt installations . capstone is a supplier of microturbines to utc power s purecomfort system product . capstone turbines have generated some interest as the range extender for hybrid cars . their light weight small size and quick starting time make them ideal as instant on backup power to recharge the main batteries . an example of a hybrid vehicle is the capstone cmt 380 with a 30 kw gas turbine generator running on diesel that recharges li poly batteries when necessary . the cmt 380 has a proposed range of 80 miles on battery alone but when combined with the micro turbine that range is pushed to over 500 miles . capstone is a member of the u.s. environmental protection agency s combined heat and power partnership which is committed to improving the efficiency of the nation s energy infrastructure and reducing emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases . a ul certified iso 9001 2008 and iso 14001 2004 company capstone is headquartered in the los angeles area with sales and or service centers in united states mexico south america singapore china and the united kingdom . see also edit distributed generation brayton cycle cogeneration combined heat and power or chp trigeneration combined cooling heating and power or cchp references edit company profile for capstone turbine corp cpst . retrieved 2008 10 22 . capstone turbine announces initial 3.8 million order for its c200 microturbine 1 . external links edit case study of ritz carlton in san francisco using utc power s purecomfort system powered by capstone microturbines cmt 380 data sheet company website nasa s oil free turbine research program capstone turbine official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title capstone turbine & oldid 730937086 categories energy companies of the united statescompanies based in los angeles county californiaautomotive companies of the united statescompanies listed on nasdaqgas turbine manufacturers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 21 july 2016 at 20 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view