Press Release
April 2015

Remote Monitoring Group
Business Development 
Phone: +45 7741 2500
E-mail: press@bkvibro.com

Capstone Infrastructure selects Brüel & Kjær Vibro for retrofit of Erie Shores facility wind turbines with condition monitoring

Capstone Infrastructure Corporation has awarded a retrofitting contract for its Erie Shores Wind Farm to Brüel & Kjær Vibro. The project involves installing a drive-train condition monitoring and diagnostics solution for the 66 GE 1.5 MW wind turbines on site. The 99 MW wind farm, operating since 2006 and representing approximately 2.8% of Ontario’s installed wind power capacity, is located on the north shore of Lake Erie near the town of Port Burwell, Ontario.

The comprehensive retrofit project includes a three-year contract with Brüel & Kjær Vibro to take care of all fault detection monitoring, diagnostics and action reports for the wind turbines. The scope of work also includes training and certification of Capstone’s own technicians in installing and maintaining the monitoring system hardware in the wind turbines. 

John Kirby, Director of Operations at Erie Shores Wind Farm, says his organization is focused on quality and delivery performance, and emphasizes that an effective condition monitoring solution is an essential part of this strategy. This retrofit is the result of very close collaboration between the two organizations in assessing the wind farm’s requirements and providing the most suitable monitoring solution and service based on these needs.

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Company
Capstone's mission is to provide investors with an attractive total return from responsibly managed long-term investments in core infrastructure in Canada and internationally. The company's strategy is to develop, acquire and manage a portfolio of high quality utilities, power and transportation businesses, and public-private partnerships that operate in a regulated or contractually-defined environment and generate stable cash flow. Capstone currently has investments in utilities businesses in Europe and owns, operates and develops thermal and renewable power generation facilities in Canada with a total installed capacity of net 461 megawatts. Please visit www.capstoneinfrastructure.com for more information.

Company
Brüel & Kjær Vibro is the leading worldwide independent supplier of condition monitoring solutions for rotating machinery. The comprehensive product range comprises vibration sensors (acceleration, velocity and displacement), vibration monitors, handhelds and rack-based plant-wide integrated monitoring solutions. These products plus a suite of comprehensive services fulfil the most demanding applications for safety, condition and performance monitoring of rotating machinery. Monitoring in the power industry is a strategic focus area with numerous applications in the conventional thermal, cogeneration, nuclear, hydro and wind energy sectors.

Based on 50 years of experience and a world-wide sales and support network, Brüel & Kjær Vibro’s monitoring solutions have successfully reduced downtime and maintenance costs and increased machine reliability for our customers world-wide.

Brüel & Kjær Vibro is part of Spectris plc, the leading supplier of productivity enhancing instrumentation and controls.