In a following up to our post in February about the green data center Apple is planning to build in North Carolina, a few more interesting details about the facility have come to light. Aside from being LEED Platinum certified and having the largest end-user solar power array in the U.S., there will also be [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bloom Energy’
Apple To Use Bloom Energy Fuel Cells At New Data Center
April 4th, 2012 
Justin Manger Bloom Energy Servers Installed at JMB Realty
March 24th, 2012 Eric Wilson Just about two years ago we first wrote about Bloom Energy. At the time, the company’s revolutionary energy servers (Bloom Boxes) seemed like the next big thing in clean energy (or the next big miss). While the cost was sky high, the technology enabled computer-like servers, which stacked fuel cells in close proximity, to generate [...]
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Tags: Bloom Energy, Electric Vehicles, LEED, Los Angeles, USGBC 
No Comments »From Renewable Fuels to Sustainable Ones
July 31st, 2011 Eric Wilson The conflating of “renewable” with “sustainable” is not a perfect pairing. Consider the definition of sustainable, “of, relating to, or being a method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged.” While renewable fuels offer the possibility of renewed sources of energy, they do not automatically represent [...]
Why Should Electric Utilities Offer Rebates?
April 10th, 2011 2nd Green Revolution After writing about Xcel Energy’s back and forth disappearing, reappearing solar rebate (under the Solar*Rewards program), I was challenged to consider both the necessity and validity of utilities discounting the installation of rooftop photovoltaic systems. Since we here at 2nd Green Revolution enjoyed the intellectual exercise that flowed from our first “debate” (which continues now [...]
Using GPS to Catch The Bus
June 10th, 2010 Eric Wilson Although technology has yet to provide the “holy grail” of clean energy or efficiency, companies like Bloom Energy and products like the smart meter may help lay the foundation of a clean energy future. A recent story from public radio international’s Marketplace introduces (brings up) an existing technology that may increase public transportation ridership while [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: Bloom Energy, Bus, Holy Grail, iPod/iPhone App, Mass Transit, Smart Meter, Washington DC No Comments »The Green Apple: Who Will Be the Steve Jobs of the Clean Energy Sector?
March 8th, 2010 Justin Manger Whether you love him, hate him, or are indifferent, Steve Jobs has major street cred. His company makes products that are elegant, well-designed, easy to use, and revolutionary. The hype and excitement that accompanies the lead up to and release of a major Apple product is second to none. Not only that, but the products [...]
Bloom Energy: Big Dreams. Big Backers. Big Success?
February 24th, 2010 Justin Manger Bloom Energy had the official public unveiling of their solid oxide fuel cell technology today in Silicon Valley. After years of flying under the radar as a stealth start-up, the company made it’s debut on the world stage with a bang. California governor Arnold Swarzenegger was on hand as was former Secretary of State Colin [...]
Bloom Energy Boxes: Replacing the Grid with a Clean Energy Power Station for Every House?
February 22nd, 2010 Justin Manger Green energy start-ups often promise revolutionary technology in going after the Holy Grail of clean, cheap, efficient, and abundant energy only to disappoint in the end. What makes Bloom Energy and the claims that they make any different? Well, perhaps nothing. But perhaps they will back up their talk when a mysterious countdown on their [...]
