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 . Wage payments were $9.55 million by the same time, short of the $12 million target cited by the company. “ 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 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 .