Re: [Vo]:The BLOOM BOX

2010-02-22 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Don W.: http://www.bloomenergy.com/ http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/411/ http://green.venturebeat.com/2010/02/19/fuel-cell-maker-bloom-energy-finally-sheds-cloak-of-mystery-this-sunday/ Google the following: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - bloom energy fuel cell - - - - - -

Re: [Vo]:The BLOOM BOX

2010-02-22 Thread Terry Blanton
http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/411/ I think Bloom Energy is looking to install 100 Kilowatt power units in everyone's houses. These will be flex-fuel, but likely running mostly on natural gas. They will also probably produce heat, and cooling, as well as power, making the devices roughly 85%

RE: [Vo]:The BLOOM BOX

2010-02-22 Thread Rick Monteverde
Don't forget the electric car in the garage. -Original Message- From: Terry Blanton [mailto:hohlr...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 9:12 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:The BLOOM BOX http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/411/ I think Bloom Energy is looking

Re: [Vo]:The BLOOM BOX

2010-02-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry Blanton wrote: http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/411/ I think Bloom Energy is looking to install 100 Kilowatt power units in everyone's houses. These will be flex-fuel, but likely running mostly on natural gas. They will also probably produce heat, and cooling, as well as power, making

Re: [Vo]:The BLOOM BOX

2010-02-22 Thread Terry Blanton
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Rick Monteverde r...@highsurf.com wrote: Don't forget the electric car in the garage. Nope. That's where I put the blooming Bloombox. The car needs about 20 hp to take me to work. That's about 30 kWh both ways. Considering I sleep with the lights off, I

Re: [Vo]:The BLOOM BOX

2010-02-22 Thread Terry Blanton
My friend who lives in the St. Ives Country Club has a 50 kW diesel. His house is about 8,000 ft^2. 100 kW is just ridiculous. You have to supply fuel still. Buy the 10 kW unit and one my my fine load management centers I am presently designing. :-) T On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Jed

Re: [Vo]:The BLOOM BOX

2010-02-22 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
From Terry: http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/411/ I think Bloom Energy is looking to install 100 Kilowatt power units in everyone's houses. These will be flex-fuel, but likely running mostly on natural gas. They will also probably produce heat, and cooling, as well as power, making the

RE: [Vo]:The BLOOM BOX

2010-02-22 Thread Rick Monteverde
The thing's huge! And add the fuel tank too. Not practical for a car. -Original Message- From: Terry Blanton [mailto:hohlr...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 9:41 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:The BLOOM BOX On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Rick Monteverde r

[Vo]:The BLOOM BOX

2010-02-21 Thread DonW
Just on 60 Minutes The interwebs are aflutter with excitement over Bloom Energy's top secret Bloom Box fuel cell system finally revealing itself. For those who haven't already checked it out (the website is still just a marquee), the company boasts that their systems could literally replace