Terry Blanton <[email protected]> wrote:
> http://www.eia.doe.gov/ask/electricity_faqs.asp sez that the average > energy usage is 920 kWhr per month requiring an average power of about > 1.3 kW . . . I recalled that it was "1 or 2 kW." Not bad! My memory is mostly intact. > As far as how it works, I have been able to find very little about the > process. > It is a solid oxide fuel cell. Not revolutionary. These things have been around for decades but no one has been able to make a large scale, costs effective version. If Bloom succeeds it will an important contribution even if it serves only niche markets. I guess the revolutionary part would be that it does not require precious metals in the catalyst, and it is said to have high efficiency. Those claims are believable. http://www.bloomenergy.com <http://www.bloomenergy.com/products/> - Jed
