Bloom Box Energy

February 22, 2010 10:44 am 4 comments       

Update: For a more in-depth look at Bloom Energy’s Bloom Box, check out our Bloom Energy Bloombox post.

It is rare for there to be a big innovation in today’s word, but with the Bloom Box Energy invention that has just been announced, there is real reason for such a massive buzz.

Everyone who is interested in the BloomBox Energy fuel cell is either interested in the company’s stock price, or it’s effect on the future of energy in the world.

While we won’t speculate on the Bloom Energy stock price, IPO or any other such matters we can give you insight into the Bloom Box Energy technology and what it all really means for all of us.

Bloom Box Energy

The energy world is relatively easy to figure out in terms of what is needed, you get energy that’s inexpensive and clean, with no emissions and you got yourself a winner. However, getting there is a completely different story and hundreds of startups aim to tackle this grand mission in hopes of striking gold and revolutionizing such a massive industry.

Bloom Energy is one of these corporations, and it seems they have come as close as anyone to tackle this enormous challenge.

What is Bloom Energy and the Bloom Box?

The idea is that you can generate your own energy with the Bloom Box, wirelessly, and keep it your own backyard pretty much. The ultima idea is that one day it will replace the big power plants and transmission line grid,and make them obsolete. It is truly a remarkable idea to even imagine.

It has a lot of smart people believing and buzzing, even though the company has been unusually secretive – until now.

K.R. Sridhar, the man behind the invention, broke this news in the latest “60 Minutes” to correspondent Lesley Stahl and provided America, and the rest of the world, with a first look at the Bloombox.

The Bloom Box Energy device has been in works for around a decade – and the way it currently looks, it might be the talk of the next decade.

4 Comments

  • What is(are) the emission(s)? How close to the structure can this technology work and not harm the inhabitants?

  • Rocky Ontiveros

    I have recently started an energy systems company in far West Texas and am looking to stock up my products with anything that helps save our environment.

    How can I become a dealer of this product?

  • 1. 1 kWh = 3412.14163 BTU.
    2. Second law of thermodyamics: In all energy exchanges, if no energy enters or leaves the system, the potential energy of the state will always be less than that of the initial state. This is also known as the law of entropy.

  • How it works?

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