elephant in the room, page-24

And just in case you really do require some facts, please refer to:

http://www.cfcl.com.au/Assets/Files/20100621_CFCL_CSIRO_Report_ASX.pdf

21 June 2010

CSIRO Report confirms Large Carbon Savings from BlueGen Gas-to-Electricity Generator

Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited (AIM/ASX: CFU) – a leading developer of high efficiency and low emission electricity generation units for homes and other buildings – today announced that a report by CSIRO has confirmed the significant carbon savings from the company’s BlueGen gas-to-electricity generator.

CSIRO is the Australian Government national science agency and Australia’s pre-eminent research organisation.
In its report – Desktop Greenhouse Gas Emission Comparison of the BlueGen Fuel Cell Unit with Other Means of Providing Electricity and Heat to Australian Homes, prepared by Peter Campbell – CSIRO determines that a 2-kilowatt BlueGen unit can save up to 33 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year when replacing power derived from brown coal.

The average household in Victoria produces around 10.7 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions each year from energy used in the home.1 A home with a BlueGen unit can offset all of these carbon emissions – and more.

By comparison, a home with a 2-kilowatt solar panel using the grid as a back-up can save 3.2 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.

About the size of a dishwasher, BlueGen uses patented fuel cell technology to convert natural gas into electricity with very high efficiency. Over a year, each BlueGen can produce twice the electricity needed to power an average home – the excess power can be exported to the power grid. BlueGen also produces enough heat to meet the average home’s daily needs for hot water.