MTU Onsite Energy case study: Hutterite Colony depends on
standby power for high-tech operations When utility power fails,
the new MTU Onsite Energy generator ensures continuous power for
all of the colony’s agricultural and woodworking equipment.
Winnipeg, Canada – The Springfield Colony, one of 105 rural
Hutterite communities located throughout Manitoba, is home to
113 men, women and children as well as the agricultural and
manufacturing activities that support the community. 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. All of these activities are critical to the colony and
require dependable standby electric power generation in the
event of utility power failures. When Springfield Colony’s
electrical loads outgrew its old