I was just curious if there were any reliable commercial woodgas generators on the market? I've searched online but almost everything I come across is either a kit, plans for a kit, or examples of homegrown generators.

I plan on purchasing a gas or diesel generator for primary use, but was just curious about the possibility of a wood based one for remote use where trees are plentiful but gas is not.

Regards

I don't know anything about these, but the concept is interesting so I did a quick search. I'm surprised how expensive some of these units are. http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/wood-gas-generator.html

That link says 20-200KW -- that means electricity for 20-200 USA Homes if I grok Power Consumption of a US Home

Man these technologies are complicated to navigate you need a consultant

You should search for "combined heat and power" or "imberti gasifier"
The internets say MicroCHP is under 5kW, MiniCHP is 5kW to 500kW

FAQ « Gasifier Experimenters Kit
GEK Wiki / Summary of Genset Options for Wood Gas
Basic GEK® 10kW Full Fabricated, Ready to Assemble and Fire Item 2505 (stainless steel) $2,995
10kw GEK Power Pallet, Kubota engine – Mecc alte genhead: $18,995


STAK-10K Stratified Downdraft Gasifier $2,450
5,000 Watt STAK-X5 Multi Fuel Generator $2,995


Victory Gasworks FAQ
5kW Rugged Individualist $34,950
Victory powered car NGC DP ( National Geographic Doomsday Prepper )
The Lazy Man’s Approach to 24 Hour Heat & Power
victory hotwatt gasifier starts at $8k Looking for info on wood gasifiers

Instructional (esp publications) micro- Cooling, Heating, and Power (m-CHP) and "Cooling, Heating, and Power for Buildings"

if you haven't seen the videos on YouTube by Engineer 775, take a look.. I'm sure he identifies the stainless steel wood gasifier he uses, but I don't remember which episode...to add to your reference list...

http://www.fao.org/docrep/T0512E/T0512e00.htm

it is a victory , probably a "hotwatt" which don't appear on the website
update: I saw that engineer775 vid via True Small CHP Woodgas Fuel producing systems now in production