According to ACE (Association for the Conservation of Energy), BG Group has decided to wind up their Microgen project. Microgen was one of the leading contenders for the UK micro CHP market: I would be surprised if no-one stepped in to pick up the pieces and relaunch, as the Microgen unit seemed to be one of the more technically advanced units. In the meantime, at least Whispergen with their 1kW unit and Energetix Genlec are still out there, with a number of others set to enter the market at a later date.
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This blog is intended as a place to discuss issues related to microgeneration and micro CHP in particular as well as an opportunity to rant about current energy issues.
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For more information on micro CHP, including where to buy micro CHP for your home visit:
http://www.microchap.info/
or you can click on the advertisments below where relevant.
Please feel free to comment, but note that all comments are moderated and only English language posts are permitted.
How micro CHP works
Micro CHP is the simultaneous production of heat and power in individual homes; a unit which replaces the central heating boiler, providing heat and hot water as usual, but also generating electricity at the same time. It is not renewable energy (unless the fuel is renewable) but at least low carbon, and often lower carbon than some so-called renewable energy sources.
The majority of micro CHP systems today use natural gas as a fuel. The fuel is burned in the Stirling engine or other prime mover; the engine drives a generator which produces electricity for use in the home. Any surplus is exported to the network for use by others. Waste heat from the engine is used to heat water in the primary circuit of a hydronic, or radiator-based, central heating system. Depending on the type of prime mover, around 70% of the energy in the fuel is converted into heat, with 10-25% converted into electricity. Electricity is more valuable than heat, so there are substantial economic and environmental benefits compared with the separate production of heat in a boiler and elctricity in a power station.
The majority of micro CHP systems today use natural gas as a fuel. The fuel is burned in the Stirling engine or other prime mover; the engine drives a generator which produces electricity for use in the home. Any surplus is exported to the network for use by others. Waste heat from the engine is used to heat water in the primary circuit of a hydronic, or radiator-based, central heating system. Depending on the type of prime mover, around 70% of the energy in the fuel is converted into heat, with 10-25% converted into electricity. Electricity is more valuable than heat, so there are substantial economic and environmental benefits compared with the separate production of heat in a boiler and elctricity in a power station.
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- Hempshill Residents
- For more than 500 years, Hempshill Hall and the attached farm have stood on this site, the last piece of green land on this edge of Nottingham. In March 2012, a planning application was submitted to Broxtowe Borough Council to build 139 houses on the fields surrounding Hempshill Hall. This will destroy the last vestige of green between Nottingham city centre and the continuous housing development way past Eastwood. There will be nowhere left for locals to walk their dogs, for children to go sledging when it snows, no views, no open space, just some characterless modern housing surrounded by a 2 metre high wooden fence. As residents of the area or as caring neighbours, we want to preserve this last open green field space.
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