ebay to get power boost from Bloom Energy

Silicon Valley San Jose Business Journal (Oct 19 2009) Carbon Footprint

1. EBay Inc., on a mission to reduce its overall carbon footprint by 15 percent by 2012, has added some fuel to its already-robust solar strategy. It’s using technology from the first green tech investment made by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers to do it. According to the city of San Jose, the online auction site in February applied for a permit to construct and implement an electric fuel cell system from Bloom Energy of Sunnyvale. The system consists of five outdoor natural gas fuel cells capable of producing 500 kilowatts of electricity. (Read Full Article)

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