Solar Turbines Incorporated

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Taurus 70 Generator Set
SOLAR TURBINES COMPANY OVERVIEW
Solar Turbines Incorporated is a San Diego, CA based company whose business is the design,
manufacture, installation and servicing of proven lines of gas turbine-driven generator sets, mechanical-
drive packages and centrifugal natural gas compressor sets. Since 1981, Solar has been a wholly owned
subsidiary of Caterpillar Incorporated. Caterpillar Inc., primarily known as the world's largest
manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, and industrial gas
turbines, was actively engaged in gas turbine development 25 years prior to Solar’s acquisition. Both
Caterpillar and Solar are committed to providing turbomachinery products designed as the industry
standard.
Solar’s current axial-flow industrial gas turbine product line consists of:
Family and Model Generator Set (kWe)
Saturn 20 1 210
Centaur 40
Centaur 50
3 515
4 600
Mercury 50 4 600
Taurus 60
Taurus 65
Taurus 70
5 670
6 300
7 520
Mars 90
Mars 100
9 450
10 690
Titan 130
Titan 250
15 000
21 745
COMPANY HISTORY
Solar was founded in 1927 as a manufacturer of all-metal airplanes. In the 1930's, the company entered
the aircraft components business and manufactured the first stainless steel manifolds for aircraft engines.
Shortly thereafter, the company became a major supplier of manifolds, exhaust stacks and heat
exchangers for military and commercial aircraft. This early background in the manufacture of aircraft
engine components, combined with achievements in high temperature metallurgy, resulted in Solar's
participation in the first U.S. jet engine programs beginning in 1944. The first successful jet engine
afterburner was designed and built by Solar.
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