Our 1996 paper Elektron introduced the notion of an appliance, “The Splicer”, a multipurpose minigenerator at the level of the individual consumer that could produce heat, electricity, and cold on demand, and help the electric power system for peaking and standby and thus reliability. We are delighted to find engineer Andreas Gratzer of the Austrian company OMV has developed a working splicer of 70,000 rpm and 115 kw. A German report details his thinking.

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