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TURBINE APPLICATIONS
BRIDGE POWER
Temporary power until the local utility brings power to the site.
FAILURES
Emergency power while the customer’s turbines are being repaired.
TURNAROUND
Stand-in power during scheduled maintenance of customer turbines.
SHORTFALLS
Extra power during peak electricity needs.
always knew we would have to go internation- al because these turbines serve a niche market,” says Hamilton. “Jeff [Goggin] wanted everyone at Power with the potential to be involved in interna- tional business to have a passport. It was a realiza- tion that the world was changing and we needed to be prepared.”
SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA
One of Peterson’s largest and longest-running projects was in Costa Rica for its national utilities authority (ICE) from 2007 to mid-2010. Demand for power was outpacing the country’s ability to produce enough energy for its growing economy. And on January 8, 2009, a 6.1 magnitude earth- quake damaged some of the country’s hydroelec- tric dams. “Costa Rica depends largely on hydro- electric power as do most countries in this region,”
Top left to bottom: Costa Rica turbine installation; Close up of installation; Gene Hamilton at the Costa Rica site
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