Bloom Energy Announces Gigawatt Fuel Cell Procurement Agreement with AEP to Power AI Data Centers
November 14 2024 - 5:10PM
Business Wire
- Deployment at scale will help meet data center customers’
sharply increasing AI loads
- Bloom’s clean and reliable fuel cell solution will be
co-located at customer sites to rapidly enable AEP to meet the
energy and economic development goals of its customers and
stakeholders
Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE), the world leader in stationary fuel cell
power generation, announced that it has signed a supply agreement
with American Electric Power (AEP) for up to 1 gigawatt (GW) of its
products, the largest commercial procurement of fuel cells in the
world to date. As part of this agreement, AEP has placed an order
for 100 megawatts (MW) of fuel cells with further expansion orders
expected in 2025.
The agreement expands Bloom’s previous work with AEP to deploy
solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) in commercial and industrial
settings. Bloom Energy’s fuel cell solutions can be rapidly
deployed and offer very high availability – a combination of
attributes that are not offered by any other commercial solution.
Bloom fuel cell deployments have very high-power density, 100 MW
per acre. The initial installation of Bloom’s fuel cells will help
meet the immediate power of AI data centers.
“I am delighted that there is strong market recognition that the
Bloom Energy platform is the ideal choice for powering AI data
centers. We are thrilled to be working with AEP as they lead the
charge to bring innovative solutions to the transforming
electricity market,” said KR Sridhar, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of
Bloom Energy. “With our proven track record of more than 1.3 GW
deployed, and a fully functional factory that can deliver GWs of
products per year, we are ready and able to meet this rapid
electricity demand growth.”
The solution will provide power with 34% lower CO2 emissions
than today’s displaced marginal generation resources in PJM
Interconnection. When running on natural gas, the solution also
virtually eliminates SOx and NOx emissions. Bloom’s fuel cells can
run on 100% hydrogen or any blend thereof with natural gas,
providing flexibility to continue lowering its carbon footprint in
the future.
About Bloom Energy
Bloom Energy empowers businesses and communities to responsibly
take charge of their energy. The company’s leading solid oxide
platform for distributed generation of electricity and hydrogen is
changing the future of energy. Fortune 100 companies around the
world turn to Bloom Energy as a trusted partner to deliver lower
carbon energy today and a net-zero future. For more information,
visit www.bloomenergy.com.
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further orders in 2025 above the initial 100 MW order and expected
reductions in CO2 emissions. Readers are cautioned that these
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materially from actual future events or results due to a variety of
factors including, but not limited to, risks and uncertainties
detailed in Bloom’s SEC filings. More information on potential
risks and uncertainties that may impact Bloom’s business are set
forth in Bloom’s periodic reports filed with the SEC, including its
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023,
and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31,
2024, June 30, 2024, and September 30, 2024, filed with the SEC on
February 15, 2024, May 9, 2024, August 8, 2024, and November 7,
2024 respectively, as well as subsequent reports filed with or
furnished to the SEC. Bloom assumes no obligation to, and does not
intend to, update any such forward-looking statements.
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