The BlueGen unit is approximately the size of a dishwasher and can produce up to 17,000 kilowatt hours of power a year – twice the electricity needed to power an average home.
The unit will be connected into an existing natural gas pipeline and will generate low emission electricity for the house as well as heat the hot water system.
This is the first commercial agreement Ceramic Fuel has signed in Australia, however the company is already deploying demonstration units with leading utility customers and appliance companies in Germany, France and the United Kingdom.