Residential Stirling - why we don't have it

[skyofcolorado]

And this one confirms they were making them at least as late as 2020. I'm guessing they were sold to the well operator at more than 2x the price they sold for here.

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[Tom Booth]

this one confirms they were making them at least as late as 2020.

The company is far from having gone out of business, they just have not been marketing to residential customers. Though, obviously there is that potential.

[Tom Booth]

Years ago...

https://youtu.be/iKxRwJgo0d4


That video was from at least 8 years ago, but the residential micro CHP never really materialized.

[VincentG]

It's mind boggling that you could by a 200w Philips Stirling generator in 1954. And yet over half a century later, nothing.

[Tom Booth]

This huge field of Stirling solar generators looks real enough:


https://youtu.be/yWECuQo7Ik0?si=RccLWQENVFtX4E_K


Today that location is an empty field.

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https://youtu.be/-evkuwvKJ-c?si=l-84kjRIbQmPQbWB

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