A Silicon Valley start-up companies Bloom Energy announced the development of fuel cell breakthrough could server provide cheap and relatively clean source of energy. Currently google, Bank of America and Wal-Mart and other large companies have been testing the device.
Bloom Energy Corporation received from investors funded 400 million U.S. dollars, and spent nearly 10 years to develop a series of solid oxide fuel cells, solid oxide fuel cells are considered the most effective technology, but is the most difficult of fuel cell technology . Bloom, co-founder and CEO (KRSridhar) said that the new equipment using natural gas to produce a unit of electricity cost of 8-10 cents a share, more than some of the city's commercial electricity price also cheap.
He said that they would provide cheap electricity into the industry, rather than a cheap fuel cell industry. Bloom's local time Wednesday in the United States to hold a press conference to announce this new technology, will be California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, the company board members will attend.
However, while Bloom's created one of the most efficient fuel cells, but do not know the scope of the company's technology, cost and durability has been limited to the use of other types of fuel cells, would like to know the potential of the company's technology may take many years .
Fuel cells are electrochemical reaction through the process, hydrogen, natural gas or other fuels into electricity to provide cheap electricity to bring hope, while the release of pollutants to be less than a traditional power plant. However, this battery need to use expensive titanium and other metals and rare earth materials, making the battery life of high cost and very short.
Bloom's claims to have learned the use of common materials, and production of fuel cell, battery life sustainable for many years. Its core is the production of white sand lightweight ceramic chip.KRSridhar said, just and reasonable maintenance, the company's battery can be used for 10 years.
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