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Volvox GenStation Series of CHP Systems

What is it?

The GenStation domestic CHP is an ultra-quiet small industrial (Continuous Duty) generator, where nearly all the waste heat (inherent in all electricity generation) is recovered and made available in the form of hot water for use in your home. It is therefore best to think of the GenStation as a replacement for your boiler, but with the added benefit of electricity production.
It is installed outside, but near to your house and is approximately the same size as two fridges.
It has sufficient output capacity to provide all the electricity and all the heat required by the average UK home.
The most common mode of using the GenStation is just as you would a boiler - when your home needs heat. This is also when your home needs the vast majority of its electricity. The GenStation can even be controlled by the same (7 day) timer that you use to control your boiler. It is completely automated, requiring no manual intervention in its day to day running.
At times when the GenStation is not running (night time and mid-day usually), either grid electricity or battery bank and inverter will automatically take over. This non-GenStation electricity is a tiny proportion of your daily consumption.
The GenStation Gas model can run on Natural Gas, LPG (Calor Gas), Biogas or even Woodgas. We also provide a GenStation model that can run on Diesel or Biodiesel.

For technical details, please see our Technical Specification Brochure

What benefits does it provide?

Whilst centralised (Power Station) electricity generation dumps over 50% of the available fuel energy into the atmosphere, the GenStation CHP reduces that to 10%. It is a 90% energy efficient system. This translates into a 32% reduction in CO2 emissions for the average UK home.

A possible 37% saving in your annual fuel bill, even if your home as grid electricity and grid gas supply. For example, if you were to run a GenStation on grid gas, the cost of the electricity generated would be approximately the same you would pay for grid electricity, but you would be getting all your heat for free.

Energy security and utility independence. For those homes either off-grid or near 'end of line', the GenStation provides dependable, cost effective energy for your home.

If you would like to own a GenStation system, please download our questionnaire form.

Fill in as much information as you can (it doesn't need to be complete), and then email the form to us at:-

We will then estimate your annual running costs (savings) and send the information back to you with a preliminary quote and delivery date.