[Stoves] Fwd: business sickness (Xavier, Crispin)

[Crispin Pemberton-Pigott]

Dear Nikhil

PS to Crispin: I am not quite an idiotic Luddite. I am thrilled by your "puts out enough power to run a home is a very attractive option" and "alternatives which often include an engine." Not for the bottom 50-80% of rural households in SA or SSA yet, but possibly for the commercial users and the rich. As with climate change, the rich should take the first steps - a 2-5 kW system with energy storage, highly efficient appliances, and reliable backup that can take out 30% of the primary energy demand from the area. 

TAG’s don’t have to be expensive. See Scott Backhaus’ 2012 paper on this – it is technical but the idea is sound: mass-produced electricity generators will not remain an oddity for long.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261912003455

Leaps and bounds: the system efficiency rose from <20% to 49%. That is serious progress in a short time. The Dutch are leading, I think.

Regards

Crispin

 

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