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The approach is not entirely new. A company called Sunmachine in Germany built a similar device producing 3KW and fed by wood pellets made from saw dust - so ev
by cjbenedikt 12y ago
The approach is not entirely new. A company called Sunmachine in Germany built a similar device producing 3KW and fed by wood pellets made from saw dust - so even more carbon friendly. Sunmachine had to file for bankruptcy as it couldn't find the working capital to produce the neccessary machines it had in its order books to bridge the gap before getting paid after installation of the units. It was aimed at the residential property market.
- Lost_BiomedE 12y agoSurprising that they could not get a loan given their order backlog. Were the margins terribly small or something?
- cjbenedikt 12y agoit was during the 2008/2009 credit crunch - banks just wouldn't loan. It was eventually auctioned off. They also had a technology to run the stirling engine via a solar dish that tracked the course of the sun...pretty cool stuff