Co-Generation/Off-grid Generation is becoming more available to even small installations. The Aerospace division of AlliedSignal is now marketing a small turbine-based power plant that's about the size of a 75-kVA transformer. The unit can produce something like 50-100 kW of power and will run on LP, Natural Gas, Diesel, Gasoline or grandpa's bathtub whiskey. I believe the pricetag is in the $250k range. See: http://www.alliedsignal.com/aerospace/product/turbogen/turbo2.html --zawada At 09:26 PM 8/8/97 -0700, Tony Li wrote:
That takes us back to UPSi on equipment, and generators. Technologies available are: ....
Don't forget cogeneration equipment.
One would think that local power, UPS, and one flavor of generator should suffice. For the "reasonable". ;-)
Tony
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