RE: Micro CHP Systems: Cost per kWe8 Sep 2020 20:33
Interesting with the heating element obs and with the number of different projects with smart grid potential makes good sense, a smart grid would do all the number crunching and switch to the optimum use of power as and when needed - I'm sure most are viewing this by gas being around 4x cheaper than electric but if the capacity from wind turbines and solar is in oversupply we might see sell-offs making electricity competitive.
Just reflecting back on HE3DA when they were a start-up (battery factor opens 17th Sept Czech Rep) I recall this article that as far as I can remember I sent to INSP's email address (jaded memory)
Translation looks to have flashlight and battery/storage mixed up and is from March 2017
HE3DA batteries companies are mainly intended for export. Alternatives how to use them, but they are by Prus and the Czech Republic, which is not among the countries with the best solar conditions. "Like conventional gas boiler will have a small turbine, which produces excess energy from waste heat. The energy you are saving flashlight, home runs from the flashlight and classical electrical networks already are taking on only what you need more, " he described.
https://oenergetice.cz/elektrina/he3da-startuje-na-karvinsku-projekt-na-vyrobu-baterii-za-55-miliardy-kc
So it's not a stretch of the imagination to suggest mchp is being considered with a combined battery storage pack, these are safe as they don't combust under extreme conditions so could be integral.
On Thursday September 17, 2020, a long-anticipated ceremony of global significance will take place in Horní Suchá near Havírov in the north of the Czech Republic, when the Magna Energy Storage (MES) manufacturing plant for the unique Czech Li-Ion HE3DA batteries will be declared officially open. With the expected participation of almost a thousand guests from all over the world, the opening of this facility will herald the fulfilment of the long-term dream and vision of the notable Czech inventor Ing. Jan Procházka, whose ingenious work as a leading nanotechnologist and inventor of the HE3DA 3D battery has already brought widespread acclaim and recognition in both Europe and abroad.
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Just so may developments underway that could utilise this tech!