Comments on: Bloom Energy says it’s half way to break even

By: Jake Letham

Jake Letham — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:10:56 +0000

Check out AFC Energy they are working on a fuel cell which will use Hydrogen as a feedstock and will be hugely less expensive than the Bloom cell with greater efficiency (over 60%) they are aiming to compete with gas turbines in large scale static power generation.

5 years and they will be shipping the largest MW worth of FC’s in the world – I would/have bet my pension on it!

By: ruk9p

ruk9p — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 03:43:29 +0000

How about an extra large (maybe even XXL) version of the low energy water electrolyzer used on some road vehicles? It is a device used to improve fuel efficiency in an internal combustion engine by catalyzing the combustion reaction with Brown’s Gas (H+H+O) generated onboard using a whole 12 volts and 2 amps for a unit sized for an automobile.

By: NM

NM — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:04:12 +0000

Best comment on the thread so far. No one gets the fact that fuel cells can run on hydrogen-same science/technology (maybe a few different calibrations). All we really need is a cost effective electrolyzer run off solar panels and we have grid-less carbon-less energy. Plus a potable water by-product.

By: Jacob Millerson

Jacob Millerson — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:50:53 +0000

SEC hits Advanced Equities on Bloom deals
By Dan Primack September 24, 2012: 11:11 AM ET

http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/09/24/sec-hits-advanced-equities-on-bloom-deals/

In my opinion … people need to see Bloom’s financials???

also

Also buried on page 161 of the permit application is a Table 2 notation that says these 235 “clean” servers would emit 22.56 pounds of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) per day. But Delaware, like other states, regulates VOC emissions at far lower levels (Maryland, for instance, regulates boat repair shops that emit more than 15 pounds per day). Moreover, if the same amount of power had been generated by combined cycle gas turbines, only 0.249 pounds of VOCs would be emitted daily. That’s 90 times less pollution!
To top it off, because of the Bloom servers’ low efficiency and high capital cost, Delaware citizens will pay Bloom over $200 per megawatt hour of power delivered to their electricity transmission grid. But in January 2012, the U.S. Energy Information Agency said the projected “levelized” cost of electricity over the next 30 years from advanced gas-fired combined cycle power stations is $65.50 per MWH.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/06/21/884-May-Be-Bloom-Energys-Fatal-Number-Fuel-Cell-Efficiency-Federal-State-Tax-Credits

By: John Jacob

John Jacob — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 08:58:05 +0000

Bloom energy should try for hydrogen as fuel which can be generated by solar energy systems and can be stored for later uses which will have a potential market in India.
Prof. John Jacob

By: Ramiro Izas

Ramiro Izas — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 23:43:47 +0000

Agree. This people are not a real private corporation. I’m not sure about their fuel cell potential but I think is good enough to go into business “if and only if” they get government subsidies. But hold on who has subsidies in the power industry?
Oil companies
Who can extract the natural gas Bloom boxes run on?
Oil companies
Who would suffer from oil pick, and would benefit from using natural gas and Bloom boxes?
Oil companies.
So yes sir… this fake company really made me angry.

By: Ramiro Izas

Ramiro Izas — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 23:37:19 +0000

Unfortunately, it seems that Bloom is been guided and quietly supported by the energy monopolies that already exist. The big secret is that oil is running out, that is why government subsidizes farming to produce ethanol that substitute 10% of gas at the pump. Even then oil has seen its last day, but the businessmen behind the power business see no problem to just move into another paradigm… Of course! they have the money and smart young people thinking around the clock on how to keep profits up.
So I tried to contact the company to do business, and made a proposition that would give them money basically guaranteed and “of course” no reply at all. Do you know why?
Because they are not in the production of units for sale, they are in the business of monopoly!
They don’t want to sell you something that will make you independent, they want to sell the next huge fossil fuel paradigm of natural gas.
Also, how many private corporations that are barely starting can afford 24/7 surveillance?
This was so disappointing… I thought I was going into the energy business, that I was escaping big oil till I hit the ceiling of big oil…

By: mel evans

mel evans — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 02:43:24 +0000

WILL THIS FUEL CELL EVER BE AVAILABLE TO THE SMALL BUSINESS AND HOMEOWNER?

By: Raj

Raj — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 03:22:32 +0000

A major factor for the excitement around this is due to the amount of capital invested by big VCs in this. They are not going to admit defeat easily, they will take it as far as they can.. Besides, the US is moving towards a natural gas fueled economy, Bloom fits into that, although its cost structure will keep it a niche player, rather than a mainstream one.

By: Kengib

Kengib — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:44:18 +0000

The cost of providing and installing a Bloom Energy generator is reported to have less than a four year payback with far less of a carbon footprint.