All of today was spent reading through the excellent EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute) report on the state of Stirling engines in 2002. While it is somewhat dated it provides an excellent snapshot of the state of the industry and identifies the dominant trends. Unfortunately more recent information is restricted to fee paying members due to its highly sensitive nature and the depth of investigation undertaken. The price of individual reports is very high and beyond the reach of this project (ranging from $950 to at least $75,000). Thankfully there does not appear to be any other reports solely dedicated to Stirling engines. Nonetheless the various residential CHP reports would certainly mention the status of the technology.
The report itself can be found here (http://www.engr.colostate.edu/~marchese/mech337-10/epri.pdf)
Information on the organisation (from the website)
The Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. conducts research, development and demonstration (RD&D) relating to the generation, delivery and use of electricity for the benefit of the public. An independent, nonprofit organization, we bring together scientists and engineers as well as experts from academia and the industry to help address challenges in electricity.
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The advisory process helps shape our annual research portfolio and the specific areas in which we conduct our work. Due to sensitive issues involving technological, business and economic decisions, much of our work is initially limited to paying members, though all work eventually becomes publicly available and free of charge.
An additional report that is unavailable to the public is shown below - it is worth trying to obtain this as it will be the most current data on the state of CHP (including solar)
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