The News - Launching tomorrow is the future of energy. Electricity in a Box - aptly called Bloom Box. Bloom Energy a company based out of Sunnyvale (Calif.) has done some cutting-edge work with fuel cell technology. The company aims to help homes and businesses generate their own electricity and bringing power and light to remote villages and even reducing dependence on today's electricity grids in the developed world.The Good - The technology is not just on paper but prototypes of the Bloom Box are already running at Google. eBay and FedEx. The fuel cells produce no green house gases.
The Bad - The technology is still very costly. The personal Bloom Box will still take more than 5 years
Read the story - http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/02/22/bloom-energy-set-to-unveil-miraculous-micro-power-plant/
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/dec2009/gb2009127_746740.htm
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