[Right Wing Assault]

250 kW ... That's a lot of juice, boys and girls.

I think he meant there aren't too many houses that have a 250 kW service. At 220 Volts, that's over 1,000 amps.

[Right Wing Assault]

Come to think of it, there aren't too many houses that need a 1 MW plant. Ooops.

[Greysard]

I think he meant there aren't too many houses that have a 250 kW service.

True; however how would anyone use 1 MW of heat in a house? That's enough for 200-300 average homes. Unless, of course, you keep this puppy in the basement :-)

[Wonder Warthog]

"I think he meant there aren't too many houses that have a 250 kW service. At 220 Volts, that's over 1,000 amps."

The 1MW units aren't for home use. They are for industrial use. I suspect that any industry large enough to need those quantities of hot water/steam will have the necessary available.

Or, they could use the same strategy as on old earth-moving equipment.....a battery starts a small gas engine....the small gas engine starts the bigger diesel. That's basically what was done in the 28 October demo.

I would think that home units would be significantly smaller than 1MW (50KW??) with a commensurate reduction in need for "startup energy".