Bloom Energy announced the completion of the company’s first international project at SoftBank’s M-Tower in Fukuoka, Japan. In July, SoftBank and Bloom Energy announced the formation of a Joint Venture, Bloom Energy Japan. This is the first project to come out of the new partnership.
Japan is moving aggressively toward alternative energy sources following the nuclear power plant disasater in that nation.
“Japanese businesses now have an alternative energy solution that gives them control over their energy destiny,” said KR Sridhar, CEO of Bloom Energy. “This project signifies not only an exciting start for our partnership with SoftBank in Japan, but also a first step toward our mission to provide clean, reliable and affordable energy to everyone in the world.”
At an opening event last year for the new Bloom plant in Newark, Sridhar said Bloom fuel cells could bring electricity to many areas without power.
“Bloom Energy is creating a new way for generating energy and changing the dynamics of electrical production and distribution throughout the world,” said General Colin Powell, former US Secretary of State and a member of Bloom Energy’s Board of Directors said at a ceremony marking the installation. “It’s a pleasure to be a part of this celebration this morning and I want to congratulate everyone involved in bringing Bloom Energy Japan to life.”
Bloom Energy has more than 100 MW of Bloom Energy Servers installed in the United States. A sizable portion of that production is in Delaware where the servers feed power into the grid. The company also has many installations in its home state of California, a state that offers a number of incentives.
The first business Bloom installation is planned at a JP Morgan Chase site in the Newark area.
The Delaware servers have been the subject of controversy over charges to Delmarva Power customers that run more than $4 month than the cost of electricity from other sources.
Earlier this year, the company opened a large manufacturing center in Newark, and completed a number of projects at data centers.
