Bloom Energy
Developing solid oxide regenerative fuel cells (SORFC) – renewable electrical energy generated from hydrogen and the oxygen in ambient air.
Sunnyvale, CA
As you may have seen on 60 minutes tonight, Bloom Energy, is close to making public its invention: a small power plant-in-a-box they want to put in your backyard.
Does it really work?
A power plant in a box, you can generate your own electricity and it will be wireless.
Lots of smart people.
Company has been secretive.
K.R. Sridhar has been working on this for a decade.
Made in blocks. US uses twice as much as Europe.
It works.
Similar device for NASA.
K.R. Sridhar invented device to create oxygen.
Invented a new type of fuel cell, using oxygen and fuel.
Creates chemical reaction to produce power.
Oct 2001, John Doerr is a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Together with KPCB’s partners, John has backed many of America’s best entrepreneurial leaders
. This is a changing world.
Amazon, Google, and Netscape.
Energy out of box.
He needed over 100 million.
Nothing John Dor
Clean energy is an emerging market, the largest
This was the first investment
Clean
New fuels from algae
400million has been invested, raised
Michael Kanakis with GreenTech Media.
No info on the site, stealth, no sign on the building.
Beach Sand, ocean, bakes sand into little squares. Turned into a cermanic,
coats with black and green inks, patented
then paints on either side, green layer and black layer
to create a fuel cell
that will generate power
the taller the disc more power
metal plate, uses cheap metal allow
stacks are heart of the bloom box
KR offered a sneak preview of the Bloom Box
There’s the modules
Fuel and air goes in and energy comes out
The bloom box is intended to replace the grid
Bloom boxes can go around neighborhoods
You still need fuel.
This box
fossil, natural
renewable
can use solar
Talk to first customers, already using bloom boxes
FedEx is
700,000 to 800,000
20% of cost us subsidez
30% tax cut federal
Walmart, Fedex, Staples,
Google was the first!
Google uses Natural Gas to power a data center.
3 weeks in the box stopped at Google.
Air filters plugged up
Company is ebay always using
San Jose, 15% of power
John Donaho saved
Biogas uis used
ebay has solar
Footprint is much smaller footprint
Not every is convinced
makes 1 box a day
needs to be cheap
Official Launch is this week
Colin Powell is with Blooms board of directors.
part of the transformation of solution
remote power stations
1-5 years in every home
units should cost under 100,000 for homes to be able to afford.
Check out the site which is teasing/counting down the press conference:
https://www.bloomenergy.com/
Here’s the link to the 60 Minutes story:
https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/18/60minutes/main6221135.shtml
bloom energy is a private company so there is no stock symbol.
You would have to contact Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Bloom Energy Corporation
1252 Orleans Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1137
(408) 543-1500
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