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The unstressed win here is the cogeneration. The waste heat is captured and used for building heat and hot water. That gets them the 92% efficiency number. On a
by jws 17y ago
The unstressed win here is the cogeneration. The waste heat is captured and used for building heat and hot water. That gets them the 92% efficiency number. On a CO2/(kwhr at the house) basis you can't beat that with centralized power plants.
- stcredzero 17y agoAlso, if they provision these households with something like the WhisperGen, then there's also a gain in efficiency from the use of a Stirling engine. There would also be a benefit from economies of scale. Right now Stirling engines are expensive because they are uncommon. Increasing demand for them would make their high efficiency cheaper, and therefore more widely available.