ABSTRACT
Microturbines (MTs) running on natural gas represent an important and emerging technology in distributed generation (DG) systems. Natural gas MTs can be an appealing choice for the customer given their relatively high efficiency (approximately 33% or even 80% in some cases when they are used in combined heat and power [CHP] applications) compared to other types of DG equipment. Another important advantage of these units is the fact that they can also be used as a backup resource for other DG systems such as wind farms. When the wind speed drops to approximately below 6 m/s, natural gas MTs can be used to avoid blackouts and improve the grid stability.
