Peter, Most of the high cost is due that it is very expensive and inefficient to produce electricity, especially in small scale. Indeed, it is $2000 per installed kWe of course. It does refer into produced electricity, not heat. This is quite typical price and most of the price is due to high cost of producing electricity. Actually it is quite affordable price because it is not much cheaper even for large scale energy production.
For comparison conventional nuclear power costs 3 gigaeuros per 1.5 GWe. I.e. €2000 per kWe. Plain heat is much much cheaper with E-Cat. –Jouni 2011/9/21 <[email protected]>: > Comparison to my gas-boiler: > My gas boiler has 10 kW heating power. > If I need boiling hot water then I get it after 30 seconds. It switches on > immediately and switches off immediately when not needed. > Also in winter it will not produce 10 kW heat 24/7. It runs only part-time. > Service costs and maintenance are low. reliability is high. > Electricity usage is almost zero. > > Rossi e-cat costs 2000$/kW but I could not consume so much energy 24/7. It > delivers no energy soon when I need it and will deliver energy when I dont > need it and I must discard or store the unneeded energy somehow. This will > cost extra. > So I came to the conclusion that my gasboiler is probably cheaper for my > personal needs. > > I am unsure if the e-cat is ready for commercialization. I dont understand > the design. Why have they to heat the water electrically? > Shouldnt they heat the reactor core directly, e.g. by inductive heating? > This should vastly improve the responsiveness and vastly reduce the > consumption of electric energy. > > I think, the current design is only good for users that need thermal energy > 24/7. > I do therefore suspect this is not ready for the market. If I would buy it, > it will soon be obsoleted by new developments and will loose its value faster > than my computer. > > Best regards, > > Peter > >
