This project involved development of a multi-year program plan to develop advanced microturbine systems for distributed energy resource applications. The specifics outlined in this plan are the results of numerous consultations with industry experts and market studies that have explored the future of distributed energy resource technologies and the potential role of microturbines in industrial, commercial, institutional, and residential power applications.

Energetics facilitated the Microturbine Technology Summit in December of 1998 with more than 60 key stakeholders in industry, government, and academia to discuss the future outlook for microturbines including public policies, market barriers, opportunities, and technology challenges. Energetics combined the full range of concepts, goals, and metrics that were developed at the summit with other market and economic data, and packaged it into a clear, concise document.

This plan explores the potential role of microturbines in industrial, commercial, institutional, and residential power applications and is currently the guiding document for the microturbine program within the current Distributed Energy Program.