Combined Heat and Power Technology Fact Sheet: Microturbines

This fact sheet provides an overview of microturbines, which are relatively small combustion turbines that can operate on a wide range of fuels, including natural gas and hydrogen. While large gas turbines have been used for CHP applications for several decades, microturbines emerged as a CHP option in the 1990s. As the name implies, microturbines have smaller electric power capacities compared to gas turbines, typically below 400 kW for a single unit, although multiple units can be combined into modular systems with higher capacities.