Small Steps Forward: 2005 Micro-CHP Roundup and Outlook
March 1, 2006
Micro-CHP (combined heat and power) is still on a path to move from niche markets in Europe and early market growth in Japan toward mass markets, although current market growth is relatively modest. In 2005, global sales increased by around 20 percent. Five products were commercially available at the ...
Content type: Focus Report, Research | Document ID: MCHP-F-8 | Author: Jon Slowe
Housing Developers: Open Door or Long Shot for Micro-CHP Vendors?
January 1, 2006
The private-sector new-build market offers opportunities and challenges for micro-CHP. Opportunities arise because a single housing developer could be responsible for specifying several thousand boilers per year, and installing micro-CHP in new-build homes prevents any retrofit difficulties. But challenges ...
Content type: Focus Report, Research | Document ID: MCHP-F-7 | Author: Jon Slowe
Little or Large? The Economics of Electricity Supply from Micro-CHP Versus Central Power Plants
November 1, 2005
A utility’s core business is generating power in large, central power plants and supplying it to customers via transmission and distribution grids. However, the emergence of micro-CHP (combined heat and power) provides a different approach—generating electricity within residential buildings. Using ...
Content type: Focus Report, Research | Document ID: MCHP-F-6 | Author: Jon Slowe
How High Can You Go? Efficiency and Micro-CHP Systems
May 1, 2005
This report examines the efficiencies of micro-CHP products, taking a detailed look at electrical and thermal efficiencies of 34 products across five technologies. Current reported efficiencies are discussed, and we also examine developers’ plans to improve efficiency. We discuss the efficiency combinations ...
Content type: Focus Report, Research | Document ID: MCHP-F-5 | Author: Jon Slowe
The Beginning of a Power Generation Revolution: 2004 Micro-CHP Roundup and Outlook
March 1, 2005
This report looks back at micro-CHP developments in 2004 and discusses what lies ahead over the next three years. In all, we estimate that 25 megawatts of micro-CHP (combined heat and power) capacity, comprising units sized at 5 kilowatts or less, was installed in 2004, with product manufactured by six ...
Content type: Focus Report, Research | Document ID: MCHP-F-4 | Author: Jon Slowe
Micro-CHP: Threat or Opportunity? Utility Strategies in an Emerging Market
January 1, 2005
Utilities have some stark choices to make about micro-CHP (combined heat and power). Do they ignore it, hoping that micro-CHP markets remain small and insignificant? Do they make investments in micro-CHP product developers? Or do they get involved in micro-CHP field tests with a view to take product ...
Content type: Focus Report, Research | Document ID: MCHP-F-3 | Author: Jon Slowe
The Rankine Cycle: The Dark Horse of Micro-CHP Technologies
October 1, 2004
Rankine-cycle technology probably has the lowest profile of all micro-CHP (combined heat and power) technologies. Five companies are developing micro-CHP products based on this technology, and although their products are mainly in the prototype or early field-test phase, we believe that they could advance ...
Content type: Focus Report, Research | Document ID: MCHP-F-2 | Author: John Curran, Jon Slowe
Today's and Tomorrow's Micro-CHP Purchasers
July 1, 2004
One day, micro-CHP (combined heat and power) developers hope to be selling their products to mass, rather than niche, markets. Our interviews with micro-CHP purchasers and analysis of market research with field trial participants show that micro-CHP users in Europe are primarily innovators keen to seek ...
Content type: Focus Report, Research | Document ID: MCHP-F-1 | Author: Jon Slowe
Topics: Utilities Launch Commercial Sales of Micro-CHP to Households; An Update from Sulzer Hexis' Field Trials
April 1, 2004
Features: Utilities Launch Commercial Sales of Micro-CHP to Households An Update from Sulzer Hexis' Field Trials MCHPCurrents-1; April 2004; 13 pages
Content type: Currents, Research | Document ID: MCHPCURRENTS-1 | Author: Jon Slowe
