Honda home cogeneration [RE-wrenches]

[Rob Harlan]

One of the more progressive utilities here in Canada, as part of their
distributed generation program, is considering selling to customers a
cogeneration unit the size of a dishwasher which would provide both heat and
power via natural gas plus a sterling engine.   They are claiming that while
meeting the hot water and space heating needs of a typical house (during a
Canadian winter) they can provide 12kWh/day (or 33%-100% of household needs)
of electricity. When fully operating it puts out 1000 watts. They say that a
company in Spain is gearing up for producing 50,000 of these for European
markets.

    
http://www.enmax.com/NR/rdonlyres/AAE0011D-18FF-4A5E-87B2-C4E4E0E0C6B5/0/Gre
enEnergy_whispergen.pdf

Besides the fact that we are running out of natural gas it seems like an
easy way for a segment of the population to enter into distributed
generation and it is a step above coal-fired electricity. They are also
testing a 1.8kw wind turbine for their rural customers...
Rob

Rob Harlan
Executive Director
Solar Energy Society of Canada
Northern Alberta Chapter
(780) 439-5608





On 2/27/08 8:29 AM, "Nick  Houser" <offgrid at prcn.org> wrote:

> 
> 
> Anybody out there have hands on experience with the limited
> production "Ecowill"  unit from Honda that supposedly produces
> electricity and hot water from natural gas at a conversion
> efficiency of 85%? Is this for real?
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