Fuel Cell in a Box

Bloom Energy has unveiled a fuel cell product that can power a small office building, and a home version the size of a bread box could be sold withing a decade and be the size of a bread box and cost around $3,000. Similar systems are already being purchased by some large companies such as Wal-mart, FedEx, Google, and Coca-Cola for around $700-800,000. The systems use air and a fuel (natural gas, ethanol, biogas, etc...) to stimulate oxygen ions that react to create the fuel. Ebay for example uses the industrial version to supply power for 2-3,000 employees and shaved $100,000 of their energy bill.Coca-Cola will deploy the system in a CA plant and they hope to provide 30% of their energy needs and reduce its carbon footprint by around 35%. based on tax and government incentives the systems can pay for themselves in around three years.