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A New Energy Solution New England Roundtable Bloom Energy Server - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
A New Energy Solution New England Roundtable Bloom Energy Server - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
A New Energy Solution New England Roundtable Bloom Energy Server Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Clean Reliable Proven Targeted How It Works Convert fuel directly into electricity without combustion Blooms Fuel Cell Conventional
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How It Works
Inefficient = Less Electricity
Bloom’s Fuel Cell
Efficient = More Electricity
Electrochemical Reaction (Electrical Energy) Natural Gas (Chemical Energy)
Conventional Electrical Generator
Turbine (Mechanical Energy) Alternator (Electrical Energy) Natural Gas (Chemical Energy) Combustion (Thermal Energy)
Bloom offers up to 60%+ electrical efficiency, the highest commercially available.
Convert fuel directly into electricity…without combustion
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Scalable, Flexible, Modular
Fuel Cell
25 W
Stack
1 kW
Module
40 kW
System
200 kW
Solution
200 kW to MW’s
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The Bloom Energy Server: 21st Century Energy Solution
Natural Gas
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Biogas AC Power DC Power Low/No CO2 No NOx or SOx
Deployed in the field for 6 years Validated with blue chip customers 200kW standard design
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Ultra-Low Emissions Profile – No Water
200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400 1,600 1,800 2,000 CO2 (lb/MWhr)
40% Reduction in CO2
0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 SOx (lb/Mwhr)
De minimis SOx
0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 NOx (lb/MWhr) Bloom MA Marginal
Negligible NOx
Source: USEPA eGrid 2010
Bloom Energy Servers require no water during normal operations - only 240 gallons during start up
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Keys to High Reliability
- Ship / aircraft design strategy
- Generators in parallel and modular (6 independent power plants)
- Utilizes UPS-electronics design strategies
- Chemical reaction without moving parts, low pressure, air cooled
- Relies on gas grid rather than electric grid
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Targeted – Customer or Grid Side of Meter
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All electric fuel cells do not require a thermal load and can be targeted to improve grid reliability or isolate customers from grid disruptions.
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Preparing for the Future
Fast Charging Vehicles Data Centers
Direct DC Power Source Business Continuity
Uninterruptible Power for Business Processes
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A Growing Customer List
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Improve Incentives for Clean and Reliable DG
- The digital economy is making electric system reliability more
important every day. Incentive programs should be crafted to encourage both clean energy and reliable energy.
- All-electric fuel cells can be precisely targeted to improve grid
reliability and can offer uninterruptible power or “grid islanding” capabilities.
- All-electric fuel cells are competing and winning in other
- markets. MA has no incentive program in which all all-electric
fuel cells are allowed to compete.
- All-electric fuel cells should be able to compete for long term
contract and REC programs. Standby rate exemptions and net metering should be available for all clean and reliable DG.
- The MA “grid modernization” and CT “micro-grid” initiatives are
- pportunities to add reliability values to incentive programs.