Earlier this week Bloom had released the first public details on the latest additions to its line of “ Bloom Box ” energy servers , saying its mainstay product can now produce roughly twice the electricity in the same size , and footprint . “ What we ’ve got is , we ’ve shrunk it in half , ” said Arne Ballantine , Bloom system engineering vice president , “ So now , in the same footprint ” of a 250 kilowatt system “ we can fit 500 kilowatts . Past company statements have indicated that Bloom ’s earlier , smaller server could power about 160 American homes , indicating an output on the scale needed to supply for 400 homes with the new Bloom Server product line .
Earlier this week Bloom Energy released the first public details on the latest upgrade to its line of “Bloom Box” energy servers, saying its mainstay product can now produce roughly twice the electricity in the same size box and footprint. “What we’ve done is, we’ve shrunk it in half,” said Arne Ballantine, Bloom system engineering vice president, “So now, in the same footprint” of a 250 kilowatt system “we can fit 500 kilowatts. Past company statements have indicated that Bloom’s earlier, 200-kilowatt server could power about 160 American homes, indicating an output on the scale needed to supply for 400 homes with the new Energy Server 5.0 line.