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Logic · Today, 07:16 AM

(Electricity producers waste a lot of heat energy making electricity.
If you make the electricity @Home the useful heat is free rather than wasted.
Or; free electricity for the same heat)

This seems to be a quiet Natural Gas Fuel Cell that produces 4.2 KW of electricity and 7.5KW of heat, for 5600 USD.

That sounds like a good deal to me so far if I lived in a cold, cloudy area?

There are probably a whole lot of Import duties, fees, levies, etc?

https://www.alibaba.com/product-deta...1eef267abSyW9P

Here are other models of varying capacity:
https://sinopowerfc.en.alibaba.com/c...5cb7713btBa8rg

We don't have a gas supply network here, so it's not much use to me, but depending on gas and electricity prices in your area, this may be worth consideration?

I'm also not signed up on Alibaba (to chat) and want to avoid doing so, so haven't asked questions like: " do you just plumb it in downstream of your boiler? What about warm air for the HVAC system? etc...

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Logic Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2022 Location: South Africa Posts: 604 Thanks: 202 Thanked 240 Times in 204 Posts	Natural Gas, Fuel Cell CHP system for $ 5000. Good deal? (Electricity producers waste a lot of heat energy making electricity. If you make the electricity @Home the useful heat is free rather than wasted. Or; free electricity for the same heat) This seems to be a quiet Natural Gas Fuel Cell that produces 4.2 KW of electricity and 7.5KW of heat, for 5600 USD. That sounds like a good deal to me so far if I lived in a cold, cloudy area? There are probably a whole lot of Import duties, fees, levies, etc? https://www.alibaba.com/product-deta...1eef267abSyW9P Here are other models of varying capacity: https://sinopowerfc.en.alibaba.com/c...5cb7713btBa8rg We don't have a gas supply network here, so it's not much use to me, but depending on gas and electricity prices in your area, this may be worth consideration? I'm also not signed up on Alibaba (to chat) and want to avoid doing so, so haven't asked questions like: " do you just plumb it in downstream of your boiler? What about warm air for the HVAC system? etc... Last edited by Logic; Today at 07:27 AM..