whisper tech, page-12

Below is the formal announcement on the E.On Website.
Reuters noted that before Winter 2011 they would begin commencement to deploy 80,000 over 5 years.

Question being have CFU been sidelined for a cheaper, already marketable technology or is it to go alongside CFU's more advanced technology. Probably worth asking Andrew Neilson about this...

In reply to Uber's note about the FIT. I would counter-argue that since the introduction in April there has been a rush for Solar panels. Even M&S & Tesco's are going into the Solar business because of the profitability of the FITS.

The FITS is paid for by the Government, or at least heavily subsidised. Worth noting that last week the Uk had it's budget review & the FIT survived any cuts. The only change was the review period could be brought forward. this is because of the large amount of solar installations taking place, more so than was forecast.

So my arguement is that business's want to export as much as possible while the FITS is present because it is generous and profitable.

The one to watch is the review period at 30,000 deployed. WhisperGen could quite easily hit that over the next few years.





E.ON UK Press Releases
26 March 2010 14:51
A power station in your garage: E.ON and EHE sign exclusive contract to bring WhisperGen to Britain
Imagine getting paid every time you switch on your central heating; a mini power station in every home generating heat, hot water and electricity - while earning up to ?400[1] a year for feeding back into the national grid.

E.ON, one of the UK's leading energy companies, has today (FRIDAY) announced an exclusive deal to bring the next generation of the low carbon WhisperGen micro-combined heat and power unit to Britain's homes.

WhisperGen can be best described as a mini-power station. It is roughly the same size as a dishwasher and replaces a standard gas boiler in a conventional central heating system, generating heat and electricity at the same time - earning money whilst lowering carbon emissions.

E.ON and Efficient Home Energy (EHE) part of leading Spanish manufacturer Mondragon are working together to deliver the first European mass-produced version of the Stirling engine WhisperGen micro-CHP unit which generates 1kW electricity whilst providing 12kW of heat for home heating and hot water.

Don Leiper, Managing Director of E.ON's Energy Services business, said: "WhisperGen is like having a mini power station in your garage, generating electricity at the same as it provides heat and hot water for your home.

"It's a unique technology for the 21st Century and will help reduce customer bills and carbon. With EHE we'll be ramping up production in the next few years, mass-producing this technology for the wider market and making it available to local authorities, housing developers and residential customers.

"This exclusive contract opens the door to the first of many microgeneration projects that we'll be bringing to customers, allowing people to quite literally take their energy needs into their own hands."

Compared to a standard heating system WhisperGen could reduce a home's carbon dioxide emissions by between one and two tonnes per year.

Through the Government's Feed-in-Tariffs, householders will be rewarded for making this simple switch to low carbon living and generating their own renewable energy; a typical family home could save in excess of ?400 a year compared with a conventional condensing boiler.

E.ON was the first energy firm to bring micro CHP to the UK and will be the exclusive distributor of this new series of WhisperGen units.

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