Environmental Benefits of Microturbine CHP

The T100 microturbine can improve the local environment through reduced NOx emissions, the regional environment through reduced acid rain from SOx emissions and the global environment through reduced carbon dioxide emissions.

Because the emissions from the T100 microturbine are very clean with regard to NOx and SOx savings of 1 tonnes of NOx emissions and 8 tonnes of SOx emissions can be achieved per year compared to generating the electricity from traditional power stations in the UK. This reduces the effects of local air pollution and acid rain.

A microturbine CHP unit saves emissions of carbon dioxide due to the greater efficiency of generating heat and electricity on site. At a traditional power station low grade heat produced from the process that cannot be used to generate electricity is dispersed in cooling towers or radiators. On a CHP scheme this energy is used on site for heating instead.

This greater efficiency equates to savings of 500 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year per microturbine when running at full load. This is equivalent to the emissions from a family car driving 600,000 miles per year.