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Non-Tech : Alternative energy
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To: shadowman who wrote (127)5/14/2001 1:09:09 PM
From: William Marsh  Read Replies (2) of 16955
 
Good article. I particularly noticed this paragraph:
"As well regarded as fuel cells are, very few companies and even fewer individual homeowners actually use them because of their high cost. A 200- kilowatt phosphoric acid fuel cell system manufactured by International Fuel Cells costs about $900,000, or $4,500 per kilowatt. A diesel generator of similar capacity costs $800 to $1,500 per kilowatt."

Two rules of thumb:
To compete with coal generated electricity, alternative sources of electricity need to approach 2.5 cents per kw/hr.

To compete with traditional diesel generators, alternative distributed generators need to approach $1,500 per kilowatt.
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