The Bloom Box is being produced by a firm called Bloom Energy. The primary originate of the product did not no ifs ands or buts create electricity but instead produced oxygen. In fact it was designed to furnish oxygen so that distant planets could be terraformed and a livable atmosphere produced. More specifically, Mars. However, due to funding cuts the firm Ceo had to look into new uses for his invention.
K. R. Sridhar, the firm Ceo, has modified the primary device so that instead of producing oxygen, it now produces clean and stable electricity. This new product was dubbed the "Bloom Box". A name given to it by Sridhar's child.
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Bloom Energy has been producing the new product for at least the past few years but has just recently garnered media attention. The cells are bundled together in larger energy servers. Each one of these servers outputs up to 100kW of Power. The cost of each server is currently between 0,000 to 0,000. These large units are currently in use by many clubs in the United States. This includes Google and eBay. Ebay has publicly stated that its Bloom Energy Server installations have saved the firm over 0,000 in 9 months.
Sridhar has stated that he wants to bring the costs of a home sized unit down to ,000 Usd. This would allow individuals or families the opening to invest in a smaller unit to help bring down energy costs.
The fuel cell itself is made of thin sheets of white ceramic that use gaseous hydrocarbons such as oil, gas, or propane to create electricity. The process that these fuel cells go straight through to furnish electricity currently limits the lifespan of the fuel cell to around 10 years.
Bloom Energy has not released all documentation on processes that take places while the building of the fuel cell. However, there already appear to be some rivals along with Australia's Ceramic Fuel Cells firm and Ballards Power in British Columbia.
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