Apple is using Boom fuel cells in its goal to get 100 percent of its electricity from renewable energy sources at company facilities.
The northern California company is currently building a plant in Newark, Del. at the University of Delaware Star Campus, the former site of a Chrysler assembly plant.
Fuel cells are currently being built in California. The Newark plant is expected to open up more East Coast and perhaps overseas markets for the company.
Apple reported on its website that its massive data center in Maiden, N.C. is now using a combination of solar power and fuel cells from Bloom. The site also included a photograph of a large array of Bloom cells, often known as Bloom Boxes.
The Bloom cells can produce 10 megawatts in the the largest non-utility fuel cell installation in the nation. Powering the fuel cells is landfill gas.
With the combination and solar and fuel cells, Apple will be producing enough onsite renewable energy to power the equivalent of 17,600 homes for one year. These power sources are connected to the local energy grid.
Bloom fuel cells are also producing electricity in Delaware as part of the deal that brought the Bloom plant to the state. The fuel cells in Delaware are powered by natural gas.
Click on the link below for information on Apple’s green energy program.
via Apple – Environment – Renewable Energy.
