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Bloom Energy
| النوع | Privately held |
|---|---|
| السابق | Ion America |
| تأسست | 2002 |
| المؤسس | K. R. Sridhar, John Finn, Matthias Gottmann, James McElroy, Dien Nguyen |
| المقر الرئيسي | Sunnyvale, California, USA |
| أشخاص رئيسيون | K. R. Sridhar (co-founder, CEO) |
| المنتجات | regenerative solid oxide fuel cells |
| الدخل الصافي | 85 Million loss (2008) |
| المالك | Kleiner Perkins (among others) |
| المسقط الإلكتروني | http://www.bloomenergy.com/ |
Bloom Energy is the company that develops, builds, installs Bloom Energy Servers. The company, started in 2002 by CEO K.R. Sridhar, is one of 26 named a 2010 Tech Pioneer by the World Economic Forum.
History
In October 2001, Sridhar had a meeting with John Doerr from the large venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins. Sridhar was asking for more than $100 million to start the company. Bloom Energy has received $400 million of start-up funding from venture capitalists, including Kleiner Perkins and Vinod Khosla.
The company, originally called Ion America, was renamed to Bloom Energy in 2006.
Sridhar credited his nine-year-old son for the name, saying that his son believed jobs, lives, environment and children would bloom. One of the celebrities appearing at the product launch was Michael R. Bloomberg, who appeared by video link. Bloomberg's business news network covered the event, but was attributed every statement to "Bloom Energy".
The CEO gave a media interview (to Fortune Magazine) for the first time in 2010, eight years after founding the company, because of pressure from his customers. A few days later he allowed a journalist (Lesley Stahl of the CBS News program 60 Minutes) to see the factory for the first time. On February 24, 2010, the company held its first press conference.
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المراجع
- ^ 1, x (19 February 2010). "Is K.R. Sridhar's 'magic box' ready for prime time?". Fortune Magazine. Retrieved 26 February 2010.خطأ استشهاد: وسم
<ref>غير صالح؛ الاسم "bstfort" معهد أكثر من مرة بمحتويات مختلفة. - ^ "Bloom Energy Shifts Power via Fuel Cells". BusinessWeek. December 7, 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
- ^ "The Bloom Box: An Energy Breakthrough?". CBS News. February 18, 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
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^ خطأ استشهاد: وسم
<ref>غير سليم؛ لا نص تم توفيره للمراجع المسماة60min - ^ Coursey, David (February 23, 2010). "Why I'm Bullish on Bloom Energy". PC World. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ^ "Bloom Energy unveils its 'Bloom Box' fuel cell". San Jose Mercury News. February 24, 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ^ Gaylord, Chris (22 February 2010). "Bloom Box: What 60 Minutes left out". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
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^ خطأ استشهاد: وسم
<ref>غير سليم؛ لا نص تم توفيره للمراجع المسماةengadget - ^ Chediak, Mark (24 February 2010). "Bloom Energy Says Generator Can Produce 100 Kilowatts (Update1)". Bloomberg.
- ^ "Bloom Energy Revealed on 60 Minutes! : Greentech Media". Greentechmedia.com. 19 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
