Honda home cogeneration [RE-wrenches]

[Nick Houser]

Thanks for the Link, Rob, but I was hoping something like this was past 
the vaporware stage. The article I reads in the latest "Electrical Line" 
magazine stated that more than 50 thousand of the Honda units were 
aLREADY IN USE IN JAPAN, AND A PILOT TPRGRAM UNDERWAY IN n.e> US. I was 
hoping one of our fellow wrenches might have some hands-on experience. 
Offgridnick in BC
Rob Harlan wrote:
> 
> 
> 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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