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Biofuel-burning Microturbine Microturbine market in Europe In spite of all the advantages offered, a microturbine market in Europe is hardly existing. In 2003 the total for the microturbine market has been estimated at about 300 installed units corresponding to a generation capacity of approximately 18 MWe. Fig. 3: Estimated microturbine market in the EU-2003 It can be seen that only in the UK a significant microturbine market has evolved, whereas in all other EU countries the market is in its very early stages. Nevertheless it is possible to distinguish EU countries with almost no microturbine market such as Austria, Sweden, Norway, Portugal, Belgium, Finland, Greece and Luxembourg, from countries having started to commercialise microturbine systems and having already gathered significant operational experience such as Denmark, the Netherlands, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Spain and France. The main reasons for this unsatisfactory current market are lack of knowledge, high investment and high energy production costs, that make them not competitive compared to conventional power supply, and a need of further research to improve their performances, especially using biofuels. Actually microturbines have not reached their technological targets as reported in the Table below. The market share by microturbine producers indicates that Swedish Turbec has the first place, closely followed by Bowman Power Systems, while Capstone, the world leader holding 85% of the market worldwide, accounts for lower sales in the EU than expected. With respect to the type of fuel used, up to now the large majority of microturbines run on natural gas. Nevertheless activities are ongoing in several EU countries to test the performances of microturbines running on landfill gas, digester gas and biogas. Performance targets Efficiency of fuel to electricity conversion Investment costs NOx emission Up to now 30% 900-1200 Euro/kW Tens of ppm In a few years > 40% < 500 Euro/kW < 7 ppm -4-PDF Image | Biofuel-burning Microturbine Opportunities for Biofuel-burning Microturbines in the European Decentralised-generation Market (BIOTURBINE)
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