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Bloom Energy Debuts SOFC Fuel Cell System for Distributed Generation

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With the high heat generated by the process, reforming hydrocarbon fuels—liquid or gaseous, fossil or renewable—to extract the necessary hydrogen can be accomplished within the fuel cell, eliminating the need for an external reformer. Founded in 2001, Bloom Energy can trace its roots to the NASA Mars space program.

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Univ. of Michigan and Shanghai Jiao Tong University Team Up On Li-Air Batteries, 5 Other Renewable Energy and Biomedical Technology Projects

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The award was one of six to teams awarded through a new joint program teaming up investigators from both schools in the areas of renewable energy and biomedical technologies. The other winning projects in the renewable energy category are: High-efficiency hybrid solar cells based on carbon nanotube enhanced nanostructures.

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