Current
predictions for the growth of
domestic CHP in Europe to a
mass market extend well beyond
2015. However, with investment
in mass production and cost
reduction, this could be achieved
much earlier, possibly as early
as 2010, yielding revenues in
excess of €2bn per annum.
Home-based cogeneration is a
vital part of addressing both
security of supply and environmental
concerns associated with centralised
power generation, as well as
delivering cheaper and more
efficient energy to individual
households.
Ian
Halliday-Pegg and Johannes Hartick
will be speaking at the Domestic
CHP - Driving the Products to
Market conference on Tuesday
8 June at the Thistle Charing
Cross Hotel in London. The conference
is organised by European Power
News, Electrical Review and
Electrical Times.
The paper discusses investment
in mass production for domestic
CHP. In particular, how to achieve
a mass market through cost reduction.
The opportunities, challenges
and areas for focusing investment
are discussed briefly, as well
as the importance of designing
products that are attractive
to the mass market. An approach
to ‘design for lowest cost
product’ is suggested along
with some specific examples
of how these approaches could
be applied to domestic CHP equipment.
Other speakers include representatives
from equipment manufacturers,
installers, housing associations,
utilities and the Government.
