Comments on: Bloom Energy By the Numbers

By: Varúj, Bill Gates vyvíja jadrový reaktor | Robert Mistrík | Blogy | eTREND - expert na ekonomiku a financie

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:55:19 +0000

[...] giganty či majitelia paroplynových cyklov si ale ešte nemusia trhať vlasy na hlave, kritici optimistické čísla Bloom Energy značne relativizujú. Predstava, že si bude malá dedinka z bioplynu lacno vyrábať vlastnú elektrickú energiu [...]

By: Inder Dev

Inder Dev — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:14:48 +0000

please notify me about the cost and availability of Bloom box in India.

By: Inder Dev

Inder Dev — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:11:48 +0000

What will be the cost of running a bloom box for one unit in India. Whether it is available in India If not in how many years it would be available to the world.

By: steve

steve — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:41:47 +0000

First Solar says they can build a One Gig PV plant in the US for $2.50/peak watt and $2.50 is really low compared to other estimates I've see for large distributed installations. The capital costs for the Bloom Box are $7.50 (unsubsidized) /watt. One 24/7 watt from the fuel cell is something like 5 peak watts from the PV in California, so shouldn't we be comparing $1.50 for the fuel cell vs $2.50 for the PV for the capital costs?

By: Bloom Energy, or Wilt Energy? « Clean Technology & Private Equity/ VC, Company and Fund Research

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:03:05 +0000

[...] Payback: One calculation (via Oildrum) shows a return on investment in 15 years with no subsidies. K.R. claimed at the unveiling that it is 3-5 years with subsidies. Using the Oildrum numbers with subsidies would lead to a ROI around 7-8 years, not 3-5. Cost [...]

By: Bloom Energy’s Sweet Spot: Data Center Backup?

Bloom Energy’s Sweet Spot: Data Center Backup? — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:21:57 +0000

[...] from some distributed generation systems such as solar panels, not to mention grid power — though Bloom says it’s working hard to bring its costs down [...]

By: Burning Bio News » Bloom Energy Launches Fuel Cell

Burning Bio News » Bloom Energy Launches Fuel Cell — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:09:21 +0000

[...] Bloom Energy launched its 100,000 kW fuel cell last week which sells for $700,000 to $800,000 - That... Price per kWh without subsidies: Lux writes that: “Without incentives, we calculate electricity would cost $0.13/kWh to $0.14/kWh, with about $0.09/kWh from system cost and about $0.05/kWh coming from fuel cost. Note that this is high compared to average retail U.S. electricity costs of roughly $0.11/kWh.” [...]

By: Earth2Tech Week In Review

Earth2Tech Week In Review — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:03:45 +0000

[...] Bloom Energy unveiling, my thoughts on why Bloom Energy is and isn’t the Google of greentech, Bloom Energy By the Numbers, 10 Things to Know About Bloom Energy, and how Bloom Energy’s Carbon-Neutral Claim Relies on [...]

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:38:44 +0000

bet happy watts works for an electric company. that is what you can expect from the ones in power now..I say bring it on time for high electric bills grids that go down in snow and ice to go away.

By: happywatts

happywatts — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:36:22 +0000

What they don't also factor in are the maintenance and replacement costs involved. These must be huge, as you have to maintain the machine every year, and replace the disks every 2-3 years. In short, it's a great green job creator, but it's still too expensive to the end user.

By: Bloom Energy’s Carbon-Neutral Claim Relies on Scarce Biogas

Bloom Energy’s Carbon-Neutral Claim Relies on Scarce Biogas — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:00:27 +0000

[...] power generation under its Self-Generation Incentive Program. Those state incentives are added to the federal tax credits Bloom’s customers are claiming to give Bloom’s fuel cells the 8-cents... that it has been touting to the [...]

By: les madras

les madras — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:29:00 +0000

http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm/table5_6_a.html

By: Why Bloom Energy Is & Isn’t the Google of Greentech

Why Bloom Energy Is & Isn’t the Google of Greentech — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:35:26 +0000

[...] some of those world domination promises. For example it will be really difficult for Bloom to get the price of the electricity from the Bloom box down, particularly to be competitive without the California and federal subsidies. NEA’s Scott [...]

By: Climate Bill + Climategate = Bill ‘Climate’ Gates! « THE CLIMATE POST

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:34:51 +0000

[...] that customers can earn back their investment in three to five years. Earth2Tech.com has a useful overview of what’s known about Bloom’s technology, with further [...]

By: msbans

msbans — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:07:52 +0000

Our electricity cost is $0.059/kWh.

By: tom

tom — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:57:10 +0000

Don't know where Lux got " average retail U.S. electricity costs of roughly $0.11/kWh" but ours(via PGE) is $0.24/kWh over the last 2 years.