In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Sat, 16 Oct 2010 16:29:11 -0400: Hi, [snip] >I can't find the efficiency rating of the Bloom gadgets, but large-scale >fuel cell efficiency is usually pretty high, like 60%. That is as good as >the best combined cycle combustion generators. The only thing better is >co-generation. The Bloom website makes snide comments about the latter: > >"The ease of placing Bloom Energy Servers across a broad variety of >geographies and customer segments allows systems to be installed quickly, on >demand, without the added complexity of cumbersome combined heat and power >applications or large space requirements of solar."
I think this approach is rather a shame. It seems to me that a Bloom box would be a good candidate for combined heat and power. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
