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Makes me wonder if we should go the other direction entirely in very cold climates. Why isn’t home cogeneration a thing? Run a natural gas ICE engine or fuel ce
by api 5y ago
Makes me wonder if we should go the other direction entirely in very cold climates. Why isn’t home cogeneration a thing? Run a natural gas ICE engine or fuel cell and heat with the waste heat, dumping the surplus power into the grid after powering the home.
This would avoid wasting the useful work potential of the gas while probably being no more expensive than heat pumps and avoiding the blackout issues you cite.
- glogla 5y agoCogeneration is a thing in colder climates in Europe, but the other way around - most cities have district heating getting the heat from power plants, incinerators, etc.
- api 5y agoSure. I was just wondering why we don’t try flipping it around in lower density housing by doing distributed cogeneration.