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Fuel required @ rated power: 0.661 MMBtu/hr of natural gas. Rated power output (AC): 100 kW Figure fuel costs of $10 per MMBtu. So it pumps out 100kW/hr electr
by hop 17y ago
Fuel required @ rated power: 0.661 MMBtu/hr of natural gas. Rated power output (AC): 100 kW
Figure fuel costs of $10 per MMBtu. So it pumps out 100kW/hr electricity for $6.60.
~$0.09/kWh for electricity in Oregon (its double that for NYC). So we pay about $9 for 100kW/hr.
Thats a 30% savings in Oregon and about 70% for the East Coast. But it still releases a lot of CO2 - 773 lbs/MW-hr.
http://www.bloomenergy.com/products/data-sheet/ http://www.bloomenergy.com/products/data-sheet/
So if you ran one straight for a year and you used all its output, it would save $20k-$40k depending on electricity prices. So if they can get the price sub $100k and natural gas supply and price stays even, they could sell a lot of them.
- dantheman 17y agoNatural Gas Figures for US (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/...) Natural gas - production: 582.2 billion cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 2 Natural gas - consumption: 657.2 billion cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 1 Natural gas - exports: 28.49 billion cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 10 Natural gas - imports: 112.7 billion cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 1 Natural gas - proved reserves: 6.731 trillion cu m (1 January 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 5
- timdorr 17y agoDoes that say we have a little more than 10 years of natural gas left that we know about? Or is that just in the reserve tanks?