Bloom Energy Servers are highly efficient fuel cells which can convert natural gas, biogas, and other compatible fuels into electricity. Rather than electricity being distributed from one main source such as a coal power plant, around 100 homes or small businesses, and perhaps individual homes in the future, would each have their own individual source of power generation. This increases efficiency by removing all power line transmission losses (since all electricity is produced on site), and the fuel cells themselves are also more efficient than any power plant. The total efficiency ends up being about 50% compared to as much as half of this for a typical power plant. In my opinion, due to the great increase in efficiency and the capability to produce power from cleaner sources, Bloom Energy Servers would make a good stop-gap solution to our energy problems until something such as nuclear fusion comes along and solves everything.
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