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Macy’s Installs Fuel Cells at Fulfillment Center

October 21, 2013 by Linda Hardesty

A clean electricity generation system has been installed at Macy’s online fulfillment center in Cheshire, Conn. The Bloom Energy Servers use an advanced solid oxide fuel cell technology to produce electricity on-site. The 600 kW Bloom Energy installation will provide an estimated five million kWh each year. The Clean Energy ... Read more »

CenturyLink Installing Bloom Fuel Cells

October 9, 2013 by William Opalka

A CenturyLink data center in California will be powered by fuel cells capable of generating 500 kW. The Bloom Energy fuel cells located onsite will operate independently of the power grid. The fuel cells are expected to produce nearly 4.4 million kWh of annual electricity, helping power cloud, managed hosting ... Read more »

Fuel Cells Power eBay Data Center

September 30, 2013September 27, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

eBay launched a new data center in Salt Lake City, Utah, notable for the fact that it will be powered by 30 fuel cells. Bloom Energy Servers are the primary, on-site power source for the newest data center, according to eBay’s blog. The online auction company expects the Bloom Energy ... Read more »

Bloom Energy Partners with Bank of America Merrill Lynch for Fuel Cell Leasing

August 19, 2013 by Paul Nastu

Bloom Energy and Bank of America Merrill Lynch have developed a leasing program with for business customers to finance Bloom Energy projects that will generate on-site power at customer facilities. The new financing program eliminates the need for an upfront capital investment for customer deployment of Bloom Energy Servers, Bloom ... Read more »

Deals: SoftBank, Bloom Energy Form JV in Japan, Sacramento Utility Selects Ecology

July 24, 2013August 2, 2019 by Linda Hardesty

SoftBank and Bloom Energy established a 50/50 Joint Venture that intends to address Japan’s need for affordable electricity. The closure of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant after the earthquake has created a significant electrical power deficit, according to the partners. Subsequent energy imports have greatly expanded Japan’s trade deficit ... Read more »

Apple Builds 18-20 MW of Solar in Nevada

July 3, 2013 by Paul Nastu

Apple announced plans to build a solar farm with Nevada utility NV Energy Inc to power to its new data center in Reno, in a big push towards its goal of running facilities entirely off of renewable energy. The installation will have an 18 to 20 MW capacity, Cnet reports. The ... Read more »

Verizon Chooses Bloom Energy Fuel Cells

June 6, 2013June 5, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Verizon is installing Bloom Energy fuel cell systems at three of its California-based locations: two call-switching centers in Los Angeles and San Francisco and a data center in San Jose. Bloom Energy’s solid oxide fuel cells are expected to generate more than 16 million kWh each year. Read more at ... Read more »

Bloom Energy CEO Talks About Fuel Cells

May 3, 2013 by Linda Hardesty

Bloom Energy’s CEO talks technology, efficiency

Stationary Fuel Cells Produce 1 MW at Honda Facility

March 26, 2013 by Linda Hardesty

American Honda Motor Co. installed a stationary fuel cell system on its Torrance, Calif., campus that will produce 1 MW and reduce CO2 emissions from Honda’s operations in the region. The fuel cell system consists of five energy servers each producing 200 kW, and will provide 25 percent of Honda’s ... Read more »

Glum Outlook for Hydrogen Fuel Cells, Says Lux

January 10, 2013 by Linda Hardesty

The supply of hydrogen is not the problem with the lackluster uptake of hydrogen fuel cells, according to a report from Lux Research. Despite a $83 billion global hydrogen supply chain, adoption of fuel cells is extremely limited, and hydrogen is rarely used in energy generation, says Lux. Capital cost, ... Read more »

Distributed Energy: The Future is Rosy

January 8, 2013 by Linda Hardesty

There are several factors making distributed generation technologies such as fuel cells and turbines attractive for the future as a replacement for grid-generated electricity. One of the biggest factors is the low price of natural gas. Fuel cells and turbines that run on natural gas benefit from price declines, according ... Read more »

Hines Builds Net-Zero-Energy Commercial Office Building

December 13, 2012 by Linda Hardesty

Global Real Estate firm Hines is constructing a 13-story, 415,000-sq-foot building at La Jolla Commons in San Diego that will achieve carbon neutrality on an annual basis through a combination of high-performance building design, directed biogas and on-site fuel cells. The building will generate annually more electricity than the building ... Read more »

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