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To: isopatch who wrote (96073)	11/19/2019 7:28:15 PM
From: E_K_S	2 Recommendations Recommended By DinoNavarre the longhorn Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108955

Have not gone into the details yet other than initial costs of the Redox cube about $800/KW, need to add all the electrical and NG hook up and perhaps some heat recovery materials. Irvin UC has a much large unit I think 150KW where they use the heat recovery to warm water. This small unit would probably run at 80%(or about 20KW) w/ at most 10KW used by my home w/ ADU unit total 2 units and 1500 sqft. The extra electricity would be sold back to the utility. The REDOX units are not even available for purchase yet but a recent article quoted the cost at $800/KW, about 1/10 of the BloomBox (That's Bloom Energy's unit). I was comparing a similar solar install w/ two of the Tesla Battery backup systems and that comes in at over $35K. Prices vary and a lot depends on those Federal Energy credits. For the footprint and initial fixed costs, the NG Fuel cell looks competitive (need to factor in the fuel cost) to solar. Therefore, I have budgeted a Redox Cube in my new ADU construction project as this to me makes more sense than an equivalent solar w/ battery back up system. The project is planed for 2022. FWIW, those home NG fuel cell WATT systems are now being installed by People's Energy. As my project gets closer, I may look at one of those systems. They will have a performance history too. It's an emerging technology and getting better (ie efficiency) at the same time US is (or will be) the No. NG producer in the world. Why export that gas if we can use it here? EKS