The Next Big Thing: Energy in a Box
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“It’s about seeing the world as it can be, not as it is.” That is what KR Sridhar, CEO of Bloom Energy, said in conclusion of his 60-minutes interview. Video below the fold
Bloom Energy’s innovation — called BloomBox — sounded a little like the next Google for energy; something out of a science fiction movie. The BloomBox is a layered fuel cell with a ‘secrete’ coating that takes oxygen from one side and fuel on the other. In the middle, there is a beach-sand — I KNOW, a beach sand! — coated ceramic sheet of paper that plays as a catalyst to mix the oxygen and fuel molecules. The mixture at the end of the process will be electricity.
How wonderful is that?