Canadian Community Benefits from On-site Energy Generation
By Diarmaid Williams
International Digital Editor
Cogeneration & On-Site Power Production Magazine
Published January 13, 2012
International Digital Editor
Cogeneration & On-Site Power Production Magazine
Published January 13, 2012
The Springfield Colony, a rural Hutterite in Manitoba, Canada is benefiting from the installation of a higher-capacity unit from Katolight by MTU Onsite Energy. When utility power fails, the new on-site power generator ensures continuous power for all of the colony’s agricultural and woodworking equipment.
Besides meeting all of the colony’s current power needs during an outage, the generator set and accompanying control equipment have helped make seamless transitions from utility power to standby generator power.
The colony farms more than 6,000 acres, manages a 600-sow hog operation, keeps 8,500 laying hens and raises more than 20,000 broilers every eight weeks. In addition, Springfield Colony is noted for high-quality woodworking—cabinets, countertops, doors and office furniture - that it sells to customers in Manitoba and northern Ontario. [Full Story]
