Climate Changed
Bloom Energy to Build Fuel-Cell Power Plant for a Korean Utility
- Contract is Bloom’s first in Korea, world’s top fuel-cell user
- Utilities race to meet government mandate for more green power
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Bloom Energy Corp., a U.S. maker of electricity-generating fuel cells, was awarded a contract to provide a power unit for a utility in South Korea, the world’s biggest user of the technology.
The 8.35-megawatt unit will use a chemical process to convert natural gas into electricity for customers of Korea South-East Power Co., Sunnyvale, California-based Bloom Energy said in a statement Thursday. The project will help the utility meet a requirement that it use increasing amounts of renewable and clean energy.