Bloom Energy Introduces ‘AlwaysON’ Microgrid Solution to Provide Power Resiliency During Grid Outages
August 19 2019 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Simplified Microgrid Solution and Short-Term Financing Options
Put Clean, Reliable, Always-On, On-Site Power Within Reach for More
Customers
Bloom Energy, the market leader in microgrids, today announced a
new AlwaysON Microgrid solution with attractive financing which is
designed to make it easier and convenient for companies to protect
themselves from extended grid power outages and escalating grid
electricity rates.
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Bloom Energy AlwaysON Microgrid Solution
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Hundreds of thousands of electric utility customers have been
left without power for days at a time this summer as heat waves,
storms and wildfire risks have led to extended power outages in
California, New York and elsewhere on the Atlantic coast. At the
same time, 79 U.S. utilities filed requests to increase electricity
rates during 2018, the largest number since 1983.1
The new AlwaysON microgrid solution is designed to provide
customers with a path to energy resiliency in the face of future
outages at a predictable cost. Bloom Energy is a leading provider
of microgrid solutions with more than 85 microgrids already
deployed. Collectively, those microgrids helped customers withstand
more than 550 grid outages during 2018.
A microgrid provides electric power and can operate
independently of the main electrical grid indefinitely. Microgrids
are an emerging category of technology, which have been cumbersome
and complex to design and implement. To reduce that complexity,
Bloom Energy is now offering a simplified microgrid solution,
comprised of a Bloom Energy Server with fully integrated energy
storage and the microgrid components needed to power critical
facility loads in the event of a grid power outage.
The solution utilizes natural gas or directed biogas supplied
through the highly reliable, existing underground pipeline system,
making it dramatically less susceptible to the impacts of extreme
weather.
“As the number, severity and duration of climate-related
power outages escalates, customers must act to protect their
businesses,” said KR Sridhar, founder, chairman and CEO of Bloom
Energy. “The Bloom Energy Server can uniquely help them reduce
greenhouse gases and secure cost-effective, long-term resilient
power in one unified platform.”
Bloom Energy Servers generate electricity from natural gas,
biogas or hydrogen without combustion through an electrochemical
reaction. When operating on natural gas they generate up to 50
percent fewer CO2 emissions than grid power, and produce virtually
no particulates and smog-forming emissions. With these
sustainability attributes, customers no longer have to choose
between sustainability and resiliency. Both can be optimized with
the Bloom Energy microgrid solution.
Bloom Energy has taken a further step to make microgrids more
accessible to customers. Contracts for non-utility power typically
have long commitments of 15 years or more. It can be challenging
for customers to switch to alternative forms of power if they are
uncertain whether they will still occupy the same property in years
to come or their business planning does not stretch that long. Now,
Bloom Energy is offering energy-as-a-service solutions with terms
as short as five years, with no money down, substantially reducing
customer commitments.
The Bloom Energy AlwaysON microgrid solution is being introduced
as the U.S. continues to see an escalation of power outages caused
by extreme weather events.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (US EIA) reported
that a July heat wave drove the highest electricity demand in
nearly two years from the Midwest to the Atlantic coast. Tens of
thousands of electricity utility customers lost power for extended
periods as a result.2
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Climate Prediction Center announced on August 8 that it expects an
“above average” 2019 hurricane season with 10 to 17 named storms,
five to nine hurricanes and two to four major hurricanes expected
this season. During the 2018 season, hurricanes Michael and
Florence left more than three million customers without power for
up to five days.3
Meanwhile, in California, utilities have notified customers they
may be without power for up to 10 days this summer as a result of
efforts to mitigate the risk of wildfires during periods of high
wind.4
1 US EIA: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=40133
2 US EIA: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=40253 3
NOAA:
https://www.noaa.gov/media-release/noaa-increases-chance-for-above-normal-hurricane-season
4 Public Safety Power Shutoff: https://prepareforpowerdown.com/
About Bloom Energy
Bloom Energy’s mission is to make clean, reliable, and
affordable energy for everyone in the world. The company’s product,
the Bloom Energy Server, delivers highly reliable and resilient,
‘Always-On’ electric power that is clean and sustainable. Bloom’s
customers include twenty-five of the Fortune 100 companies and
leaders in cloud services and data centers, healthcare, retail,
financial services, utilities and many other industries. For more
information, visit www.bloomenergy.com
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Media Relations Contact: David McCulloch Bloom Energy T:
408-543-1087 david.mcculloch@bloomenergy.com
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