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webfarmer ([personal profile] webfarmer) wrote2006-11-16 01:04 am

Micro-CHP

This concept has been around for many years under other names.  It's still a good idea.

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It Heats.  It Powers.  Is it the Future of Home Energy? - Christian Science Monitor - Nov. 14, 2006

"Down in Bernard Malin's basement is a softly thrumming metal box that turns natural gas into hot water and generates $600 to $800 worth of electricity a year - a bonus byproduct of heating his home.

"It's like printing money," says Mr. Malin, the first person in Massachusetts - perhaps in the nation - to own a residential "micro combined-heat-and-power" system, also known as micro-CHP. "