Comparison of Stirling Engine Companies

Company name Discretion Product

Infinia Infinia has the expertise, vision, and relationships to
deliver highly reliable, innovative technology in your
www.infiniacorp.com most challenging applications. Infinia’s Stirling
generators and power systems can deliver the energy
you need, with extreme dependability and efficiency.

Free-Piston Machines, Cryogenic

Coolers, Vibration Control and
Components
Stirling Biopower Stirling Biopower (formerly STM Power) makes
Stirling-cycle external combustion engines that
www.stirlingbiopower.com convert heat from a variety of sources into electricity
for commercial, industrial, and renewable energy
markets. The company's PowerUnit uses heat from
sources such as liquid fuels, landfill and digester gas,
petroleum flare gas, and other low-grade waste fuels.
The technology was originally developed in the early
19th century and later eclipsed by development of the
internal combustion engine, which now powers most
motor vehicles. STM Power was established in 1979
and revived as a business venture in 1990. The
company shut down in early 2007 and was revived
again under new ownership in mid-2007 as Stirling
Biopower.
Esolar Esolar has developed a cost-effective CSP
technology. Esolar’s pre-fabricated design, patented
www.esolar.com computer software, and elegant engineering
solutions provide low cost solar electricity scalable
from 33 MW. Power plants deliver low cost solar
energy in response to growing worldwide energy
demands.

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Micropower Shanghai 机组容量从 20－50kw，零件数比内燃机少
40％，成本较低。高效：总能效率达到 80%以上；
www.micropower.com 低噪：1 米处裸机噪音底于 68dBA；低排放：尾
气排放达到欧 5 标准。

Starpoint solar Starpoint Solar’s ground breaking thermal

solar technology utilizes a large mirrored
www.starpointsolar.biz parabolic dish with a newly designed 50
KW Stirling Cycle engine to generate
electricity at a competitive rate ($0.085
cents kWH) with that of fossil fuel or new
natural gas fired power plants. It is
completely emission free, requires no
outside fuel source other than the sun
itself and requires no water in the dry hot
desert areas where water is typically both
scarce and expensive. The Starpoint Solar
Dish System, when deployed in large
utility-grid solar power plants will
dramatically change the solar energy
industry by producing power at nearly ½
the cost of existing PV Solar Panels ($0.20
cents per kWH), Thermal Trough/Tower
systems ($0.15 cents per kWH).
Stirling Energy System The SES SunCatcherTM is a 25 kW solar power
system that has been designed to automatically track
www.stirlingenergy.com the sun and focus solar energy onto a power
conversion unit (PCU). This in turn converts the
intense heat to grid-quality electricity.

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