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Bloom Energy: Personal Power Stations - Business News - Energy Digital
Bloom Energy’s solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology has been the cause of much discussion since it was first introduced in February 2010. The Bloom Box is a device designed for use as a personal power station, generating green electricity to individually power a building. As only big businesses are currently in the process of testing this innovative apparatus, sceptics are cautious if this device will ever really come to full fruition for every day public use. Bloom Energy has been perfecting this individualised power station, said to provide clean, reliable and affordable fuel cells, for the last eight years. However, the development was kept somewhat secretive.A proton exchange membrane (PEM) hydrogen fuel cell, king-size. at its Sunnyvale, Calif., campus on Friday. The fuel cell sits in the parking lot and looks like a pair of giant green dumpsters. Made by UTC Power, the fuel cell will produce 200 kilowatts of power, which is enough to power half of the cooling needed in Fujitsu's data center. The heat harvested from the reactions required to turn hydrogen into electricity will be used by Fujitsu in the buildings too. Right now, the fuel cell system is 50 percent efficient.
Fuel cell image - Photos: Fujitsu unveils king-size fuel cell
Google Using Bloom Box, But Not in Data Center « Data Center Knowledge
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By now, you have probably heard of the Bloom Box , the green fuel cell device that promises to soon power our homes. After appearing on CBS' 60 Minutes last week, its sand-based fuel cells generated a ton of buzz and media attention. Yesterday, Bloom Energy launched the Bloom Box in front of hundreds of investors, press, and well-known figures, including General Colin Powell (who sits on the board), California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Google Co-founder Larry Page. What exactly is this energy-generating device, though?
Almost Everything You Want to Know About the Bloom Energy Box [VIDEOS]
post from Fast Company on 29 September 2010 11:06:55 AM. © Fast Company Bloom Energy, the much-hyped startup behind the Bloom Energy Server fuel cell device (aka the Bloom Box), has mostly remained quiet since its February launch --until now. Software giant Adobe just installed 12 100-kilowatt Bloom Energy Servers at its San Jose headquarters, marking Bloom's largest installation yet. The servers' 1.2 megawatts of power will be enough to power one third of Adobe's electricity. Randall H. Knox III, senior director of Global Workplace Solutions at Adobe, explained : "Installing Bloom Energy fuel cells supports Adobe's efforts to remain at the forefront of utilizing clean technologies."
Adobe Plugs in the Biggest Bloom Box Yet
A Silicon Valley start-up is getting ready to unveil an energy device this week that executives say could one day power individual homes and businesses while replacing the traditional power grid. Bloom Energy, one of the 26 companies named in the World Economic Forum's list of top 2010 Tech Pioneers , took some of the wraps off its Bloom Box in a story that ran last night on the CBS television show 60 Minutes . An interview with K.R. Sridhar, CEO of Bloom Energy, during the piece has created significant online buzz, including descriptions of the Bloom Box device as the "Holy Grail of clean energy." Bloom Energy is expected to unveil the new device on Wednesday. Sridhar said the box is mostly a collection of fuel cells that use oxygen and fuel to create electricity without creating any emissions.
Could Bloom Box revolutionize power industry? - power management, Google, ebay, Bloom Box
Fuel Cell Technology Is Blooming! Bloom Box Powers Google And Ebay | Latest Trend
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Last week brought the unveiling of the Bloom Energy Server , a fuel-cell energy generator that spent many years shrouded in secrecy and hype. Now that it's out, well, the hype remains to be verified or dispelled. In a nutshell, the Bloom Energy Server takes natural gas, biogas, or other hydrocarbons and converts them to energy. Eventually, Bloom Energy plans to be able to use solar or wind power to provide fuel for the server, but that technology is not in play yet. The innovation in a Bloom box is its use of common, low-cost materials -- a type of silicon -- in its fuel cells. As a result, the Energy Server can generate electricity at the competitive rate of eight to 10 cents per kilowatt-hour.
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