We have been using non-renewable sources for producing electricity since the day electricity was invented. Though solar cell technology has proved to be efficient, the amount of power produced is very less. Also, the initial costs for producing solar energy are very high. To overcome all these problems a clean, cheap,, renewable, and highly efficient form of electricity has been developed.
The technology has been named “Bloom Box”. By the name it may sound like some generator equipped box. Almost $400 million has been invested for making this possible. The whole concept of bloom box technology is shown in the video below. Take a look
The concept was proposed by K.R. Sridhar, a rocket engineer at NASA. He was developing a device that could produce oxygen in mars. Though the project became a failure, and even though NASA got rid of the mission, Sridhar had other ideas in his mind. Instead of producing oxygen from the device, he tried the opposite by pumping oxygen inside the device. By doing this, he was successful in producing a new fuel cell, which was continuously producing power like a battery.
With this invention, Sridhar knew that if the device was properly developed, he could make it really big. So, he started a new company called Bloom Energy and became the CEO of the company. The video seen above was taken by CBS News in the year 2010. The program was named 60 minutes. Sridhar was forced to take such an interview due to the constant pressure from his million dollar investors.
Basically, the device will have an oxygen intake on one side and fuel on the other. When they combine together inside the device, it forms a chemical reaction and thus produces electricity.
One of the biggest positive attributes of this technology is that it is much more simple in configuration when compared to the usual power line setup. There is no need to build power lines and there will not be any need for burning or combustion. The device has the shape of a small cubic box which can be kept even at your backyard. According to the research done with the device, a single box is enough to bring electricity to a small home. It does not make any noises like a generator and does not produce vibrations or odor.
This technology will clearly overtake all existing power producing systems as it soi going to save billions for the government as well as the common man all over the world.
The estimate for such a project to become possible is said to be more than $100 million. To make such a big investment, the contribution from MNC’s all over the world is needed. Thanks to the hard work of John Doerr, a VC at a company called Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers , a whopping $400 million was raised from companies like Coca-cola, Cox Enterprises, eBay, Google, Staples, Walmart and so on. . The main aspect that led to such a huge funding was the emerging market for clean energy that is worth billions in the future.
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