Bloom Energy: Personal Power Stations

Bloom Energy’s SOFC technology promises home power plants; what other companies are utilizing fuel cells for green power?

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. Major players like Walmart, Coca Cola, eBay, FedEx and Google stand on Bloom Energy’s side, as the first to test the box’s capabilities. According to John Donahoe, CEO of eBay, five boxes were installed, and over the period of nine months have ... Full Story »

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Mike LaBonte
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by Mike LaBonte - Jun. 7, 2010

This reads mostly like a marketing blurb, but it's interesting to know about these products. Unfortunately the economics are left almost completely unmentioned, and in some cases the fuels are not even mentioned.

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