Re: Already a good idea and in use

Joss, the efficiency gain from CHP in real terms is only around 10%. I commend prof David Mackay’s book “Without Hot Air” ... at a useful level. Prof Mackay favors using centrally generated electricity to run local heat pumps ... when it comes to district heating and combined heat and power, but discussion is hampered by a general lack [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 14:30:48

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Follow What?

Follow What? Topics: journalism | nuclear power | public relations Source: The ChronicleHerald.ca (Halifax, Canada) ... that "we can all switch over, if we want to, from using gas for heating our house to using a ground-source heat pump running on clean electrical energy." What wasn't disclosed was that Moore is a PR consultant [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 07:58:40

Damn...it's chilly

So an ongoing experiment this winter has been to see just how little I can give the electric company to heat the house that I live in. In December I ran the heat pump and kept the temp low (55 F.) and was awarded with a dandy $186.00 electric bill. Well, up here on the mighty Columbia where electricity is cheap [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 16:19:00

Goodbye America, Hello Mexico! (Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico)

“Would it be OK if we went for a short ride on the motorcycles?” Claudio asked me.  “Then we’ll get in the car and head over to immigration.”   OK? ... .  In the 80’s the pumps were converted to an electric system, rendering the old steam-powered engines ... furnace which heated water to power the engines [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 19:19:55

2010 observations from the tech's standpoint

big things first- need some time to chill out to remember the little things ... . previously the electric coolant pumps were plastic. *that sliding lid on the center console looks ... just be for the exhaust heat recovery system) *the exhaust pipe is all one piece from after [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 05:10:24

Mitsubishi Targets Sales Of $13.3 B From Cleantech Products

Mitsubishi Electric Group recently announced plans (PDF) to accelerate its push into the cleantech market. The company plans to achieve sales of about $13.3 billion in 2016 from clean technologies such as solar systems, heat pumps and other energy efficient power devices. The company aims to expand [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 20:34:15

Do You Have a Heat Pump?

“These are the times that try men’s heat pumps.” (Apologies to Thomas Paine) It’s 10 degrees outside: do you know where your heat pump is? ... pump you probably know about heat strips – little electric wires in your furnace that glow red hot, just like a toaster except on an massively larger scale, causing your electric meter to spin so fast [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 19:38:57

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