Bloom energy to provide clean power source for all homes/offices in 10 years? To be unveiled soon

[TwixVoy]

http://www.nydailynews.com/tech_guide/2010/02/22/2010-02-22_bloom_energy_inventor_kr_sridhar_makes_big_promise_with_bloom_box.html

Interesting article.

Anyone remember the article posted on DU recently in which Google was doing some behind the scenes work to get in to the energy market? The article noted it was interesting, but they weren't sure why they were doing it. Notice how this article mentions that google was involved in the trials for this?

Seems we shall know in about a day or so if this is all it claims to be....

[NYC_SKP]

1. It will only as clean as the fuel used to run it.

K.R. Sridhar has an energy plan anyone could get behind - electricity in a box.

That's the promise of the "Bloom box," the fuel-cell-powered invention coming from the Silicon Valley start up, Bloom Energy.

"In five to ten years, we would like to be in every home," Sridhar told Leslie Stahl on "60 Minutes" Sunday night.

The "box" generates its power wirelessly through a combination of oxygen and a fossil fuel - natural gas, bio-gas, etc. It is presently being tested by companies such as Google, WalMart, FedEx and eBay, who have shelled out hundreds of thousands for the "green" machines, the CBS News program reported.

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