Bloom Energy
| Bloom Energy Corp.
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 2002 |
| Seat |
 Sunnyvale , California
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| management | KR Sridhar (Founder, CEO ) |
| Branch | Energy service provider |
| Website | www.bloomenergy.com |
Bloom Energy Corporation is a US company from California with headquarters in Sunnyvale . Bloom Energy developed and rents the Bloom Energy Server , a box the size of two refrigerators with several high-temperature fuel cells for stationary power supply.
history
The founders of the energy service provider are former NASA employees KR Sridhar and John Finn, Matthias Gottmann, James McElroy and Dien Nguyen. Sridhar founded Bloom Energy in 2002 under the name Ion America , which was used until 2006 . The venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is a major investor in Bloom Energy, whose board of directors is former US Secretary of State Colin Powell .
Bloom Energy Server
The Bloom Energy Server has a nominal power of around 100 kW . The solid oxide fuel cells work in normal operation between 500 and 1000 degrees Celsius. The cells produce electricity from hydrogen, natural gas or biogas and also diesel through oxidation.
Well-known companies such as Ebay , Google , FedEx and Wal-Mart are using the first devices in test mode.
The generation of electricity through oxidation enables low-pollutant production from a large number of liquid and gaseous fuels . The previous efficiency is 50 to 70%.
Bloom box
On February 23, 2010, the company introduced a smaller version of its system. The Bloom-Box fits in one hand.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wirtschaftswoche : The Magic Bloombox from February 25, 2010.
- ↑ Der Standard : "Bloom Box" presents: The future of energy generation from February 24th 2010.
- ↑ www.networkcomputing.de Electricity from biogas and vodka: Bloom Energy wants to revolutionize the energy supply of data centers and buildings ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. February 25, 2010
- ↑ Bloomberg Businessweek: Fuel Cell Maker Bloom Energy Opens the Kimono from February 25, 2010 (English)
- ↑ "Bloom Box" presents: The future of energy generation. In: derStandard.at. February 24, 2010, accessed December 21, 2017 .
