Capstone Turbine Selects Copeland's Scroll Fuel Gas Booster

Copeland Corporation, Part of Emerson Network Power (NYSE: EMR), today announced a major supply agreement with Capstone Turbine, in which Copeland's innovative scroll fuel gas booster will be integrated with Capstone MicroTurbine power systems. Copeland's gas booster is the first variable speed, natural gas compression package using scroll technology. This partnership will provide Capstone with a highly reliable solution for low-pressure natural gas boost applications worldwide.

"Teaming up with a leading commercial microturbine manufacturer enables us to bring the benefits of scroll technology to the distributed power generation market," said Copeland's CEO Thomas E. Bettcher. "We have established a great partnership with Capstone. We look forward to supporting Capstone, as well as expanding our introduction of scroll technology to other natural gas applications."

Based on the terms of the non-exclusive agreement, Copeland will provide turnkey, agency listed fuel gas boosters for Capstone's products.

A single Copeland Scroll package delivers enough gas to supply up to four 30-kilowatt Capstone MicroTurbines working together as a single 120-kilowatt generator. This feature gives Capstone complete fuel flow control, which is accomplished through a proprietary electronic control system developed by Copeland. The current Copeland unit also gives Capstone the ability to apply its microturbines to a wide range of applications, including pipeline grade gas, methane digesters, landfill applications, low-grade fuels, and very low-pressure installations.

"Users of our scroll fuel gas boosters will enjoy the benefits of high reliability, low noise and low vibration," explained Ross Dueber, director of Copeland's Specialty Scroll Division. "Maintenance costs are also extremely low due to the inherently simple scroll design and smooth compression process." Dueber went on to say that the Copeland Scroll package requires minimal maintenance without the overhauls that are typically needed with competing compressor technologies.

Copeland plans to release a larger scroll gas compressor package later this year for distributed power applications, as well as for other low pressure natural gas applications.

For more information about the new scroll fuel gas booster, visit Copeland's website at www.copeland-corp.com.

A subsidiary of Emerson Electric, Copeland Corporation is the world's largest compressor manufacturer. For more than 75 years, Copeland has supplied the HVAC/R industry with quality compressor designs for a range of applications. The company is best known for pioneering the development of commercial and residential scroll compressor technology for air conditioning and refrigeration applications. Copeland currently offers a range of scroll, screw and reciprocating compressors. The company is actively pursuing new markets for its Scroll technology beyond HVAC/R.

St. Louis-based Emerson Electric Co. (www.emersonelectric.com) is a global manufacturer with market and technology leadership in five business segments: heating, ventilating and air conditioning; industrial automation; process control; electronics and telecommunications; and appliance and tools. Sales in fiscal 1999 were $14.3 billion.

Headquartered in Woodland Hills, Calif., Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.capstoneturbine.com) is the world's leading manufacturer of commercial, ultra-low-emission microturbine power systems. Compact Capstone MicroTurbines are in operation worldwide adding power capacity, managing loads, eliminating outage costs, offering highly efficient combined heat-and-power (cogeneration) solutions, cleanly converting oilfield and biomass waste gases into electricity, improving energy economics, providing on-site power in remote locations and as onboard EPA-exempted generators for electric hybrid buses. Commercial units began shipping in December 1998.