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  • noun A small turbine, usually a gas turbine.

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micro- +‎ turbine

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  • The microturbine is a technology for which the potential generating cost using low-cost residues is low enough (see table A10. 1) to make the technology quite attractive for selling electricity into the grid.

    Chapter 10 2000

  • The microturbine is a 30 kW device that can burn either diesel or

    Autoblog Green 2009

  • (Nasdaq: CPST) is pushing traditional hybrid electric vehicle barriers with the introduction of the CMT-380, a high performance hybrid electric supercar powered by traditional batteries and an untraditional ultra low emission range extending microturbine, which is essentially like having an ultra-clean and quiet jet engine under the hood.

    TreeHugger 2009

  • (Nasdaq: CPST) is pushing traditional hybrid electric vehicle barriers with the introduction of the CMT-380, a high performance hybrid electric supercar powered by traditional batteries and an untraditional ultra low emission range extending microturbine, which is essentially like having an ultra-clean and quiet jet engine under the hood.

    TreeHugger 2009

  • The microturbine is a 30 kW device that can burn either diesel or iodiesel and doesn't need any aftertreatments to meet the 2010

    Autoblog Green 2009

  • The hybrid part of the plant allows for on-demand power due to its inline microturbine.

    World’s First Hybrid Solar Power Plant Opens in Israel | Inhabitat 2009

  • Commercial electrochemically machined pieces, like this microturbine for a water pump, use sophisticated electronics to monitor the current flow and carve precise pieces [right].

    Boing Boing 2009

  • When the sun has set for the day or if it is cloudy, biodiesel, natural gas, or bio fuels can be used to run the microturbine, which then drives the electric turbine.

    World’s First Hybrid Solar Power Plant Opens in Israel | Inhabitat 2009

  • The bill also contained just under $1.3 billion for energy conservation incentives, including tax credits for homeowners who install certain energy-saving equipment or businesses that install stationary microturbine power plants.

    Stacking the Deck 2008

  • CAPSTONE TURBINE Corp. (Chatsworth, Calif.) -- This manufacturer of microturbine systems appointed Edward Reich executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Feb. 11.

    Noted ... 2008

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