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Re: Residential Stirling - why we don't have it
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2023 11:52 am
by skyofcolorado
And
this one confirms they were making them at least as late as 2020. I'm guessing they were sold to the well operator at more than 2x the price they sold for here.
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Re: Residential Stirling - why we don't have it
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2023 7:31 pm
by Tom Booth
skyofcolorado wrote: ↑Tue Feb 28, 2023 11:52 am
this one confirms they were making them at least as late as 2020.
The company is far from having gone out of business, they just have not been marketing to residential customers. Though, obviously there is that potential.
Re: Residential Stirling - why we don't have it
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2023 7:52 pm
by Tom Booth
Years ago...
https://youtu.be/iKxRwJgo0d4
That video was from at least 8 years ago, but the residential micro CHP never really materialized.
Re: Residential Stirling - why we don't have it
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 8:04 am
by VincentG
It's mind boggling that you could by a 200w Philips Stirling generator in 1954. And yet over half a century later, nothing.
Re: Residential Stirling - why we don't have it
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2024 1:52 am
by Tom Booth
This huge field of Stirling solar generators looks real enough:
https://youtu.be/yWECuQo7Ik0?si=RccLWQENVFtX4E_K
Today that location is an empty field.
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https://youtu.be/-evkuwvKJ-c?si=l-84kjRIbQmPQbWB
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