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Danish firm EC Power briefs committee on small combined heat‑and‑power units as grid support option

House Committee on Environment and Natural Resources · January 22, 2026
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EC Power and local installer NextGen showed a demo unit and described an XRGI combined heat-and-power system that yields on-site electricity and hot water with near-90% efficiency; members asked about permitting, hydrogen readiness, emissions approvals, and possible applications in multifamily and commercial buildings.

Anders Thorsen, CEO of EC Power U.S., and David McCurry of NextGen Mechanical presented a demonstration and overview of the company’s XRGI combined heat-and-power unit. Thorsen described the product as a packaged system that uses a Toyota internal-combustion engine driving a generator while capturing exhaust heat for hot water and building heating, claiming up to roughly 90% combined…

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