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Pan of eBay headquarters 2. Close up of Dr. Sridhar holding up new fuel cell3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. KR Sridhar, Principal co-founder and CEO of Bloom Energy:\"Bloom Energy server...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eSunnyvale, California - 25 February 2010\u003cbr/\u003e1. Pan of eBay headquarters \u003cbr/\u003e2. Close up of Dr. Sridhar holding up new fuel cell\u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. KR Sridhar, Principal co-founder and CEO of Bloom Energy:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Bloom Energy server is the equivalent of your mobile phone without a wire, compared to the landline telephone that had copper wires. What this is, is producing power at the point that you use it, outside your building, that''s called distributor generation and Bloom Energy server does that for you using a fuel cell technology.\"\u003cbr/\u003e4.  Medium shot of servers outside eBay headquarters that hold Bloom Energy fuel cells\u003cbr/\u003e5. Medium shot of Bloom Energy servers\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE (English) Libby Reder, Head of Environmental Initiatives, eBay:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We are so proud to bring Bloom Energy technology onto our campus, because it''s both a cost effective investment in alternative energy as well as a technology that supports our sustainability goals.\"\u003cbr/\u003e7. Medium shot inside eBay headquarters\u003cbr/\u003e8. Close up of award given to eBay for use of green energy\u003cbr/\u003e9. Medium shot through windows showing Bloom Energy servers outside\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. KR Sridhar, Principal co-founder and CEO of Bloom Energy:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The amount of energy that comes to your home or office is very little of the total energy of fuel that you burn. The Bloom Energy server, chemical energy straight to electrical energy, no in between steps, no transmission wires, nothing, so what you get is extremely efficient electricity generation.\"\u003cbr/\u003e11. Zoom out of Bloom Energy sign on servers \u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE (English) Libby Reder, Head of Environmental Initiatives, eBay:\u003cbr/\u003e\"They take about 50 percent of the energy we would ordinarily use in this building off the grid and on a campus wide basis it''s about 15 percent of the energy that we use or the energy needs of about one of every six employees on this campus.\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. Wide shot of eBay employees\u003cbr/\u003e14. Various shots of eBay employee working at computer\u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide shot of eBay employee dining area\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Kanellos, Editor in chief, Greentech Media:\u003cbr/\u003e\"They are saying this can produce power for 9 to 10 cents per kilowatt hour, that includes, maintenance, repair work, the gas, everything. That puts it comparable with wind and solar, but they are at the first stage of the cost curve, they have nowhere to go but down. Solar and wind have been working on this for awhile, they are a little more mature, so this could slide under.\"\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. KR Sridhar, Principal co-founder and CEO of Bloom Energy:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Compared to solar and wind today''s businesses needs to make hay when the sun doesn''t shine, today''s businesses need to sail when they wind is not blowing, we need a 24/7, 365 renewable parcels. Bloom Energy is that.\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. Medium shot of graphic showing how fuel cell works\u003cbr/\u003e19. Various picture showing how energy is distributed\u003cbr/\u003eA secretive Silicon Valley company is promising to bring a new, revolutionary green energy source onto the market.\u003cbr/\u003eMajor companies like eBay and Google are already using the Bloom Energy fuel cells, and are happy with the results.\u003cbr/\u003eThis building gets its energy from an unusual source.\u003cbr/\u003eeBay''s headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, are powered by a revolutionary box of fuel cells.\u003cbr/\u003eThe innovative green technology stems from Silicon Valley startup Bloom Energy.\u003cbr/\u003eThe company says it produces more power with less environmental damage than other fuel cells on the market, because it isn''t reliant on just hydrogen to trigger the chemical reactions that create power. \u003cbr/\u003eRather, it can use wind, solar power and whatever else is available, which could vary from community to community.\u003cbr/\u003eBloom Energy doesn''t offer more details about how that works.\u003cbr/\u003eDr. KR Sridhar, Principal co-founder and CEO of Bloom Energy, says the power is produced when you use it.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Bloom Energy server is the equivalent of your mobile phone without a wire, compared to the landline telephone that had copper wires. What this is, is producing power at the point that you use it, outside your building, that''s called distributor generation and Bloom Energy server does that for you using a fuel cell technology,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003eThe technology is already being used at major companies such as Google Inc and eBay Inc, but analysts warn that the technology has yet to be widely proven.\u003cbr/\u003eLibby Reder, Head of Environmental Initiatives at eBay, says the company is pleased to be one of the first to use Bloom Energy.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We are so proud to bring Bloom Energy technology onto our campus, because it''s both a cost effective investment in alternative energy as well as a technology that supports our sustainability goals,\" she says.\u003cbr/\u003eBloom Energy''s product promises to place cells that can generate huge amounts of power closer to where the power is being used.\u003cbr/\u003eOne of the easiest ways to power the Bloom box would be to hook it up directly to a natural gas line.\u003cbr/\u003eSridhar says there are no in-between steps between the energy server and its destination.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The amount of energy that comes to your home or office is very little of the total energy of fuel that you burn. The Bloom Energy server, chemical energy straight to electrical energy, no in between steps, no transmission wires, nothing, so what you get is extremely efficient electricity generation,\" he says.\u003cbr/\u003eReder says half of the energy the building would use is taken off the grid.\u003cbr/\u003e\"They take about 50 percent of the energy we would ordinarily use in this building off the grid and on a campus wide basis it''s about 15 percent of the energy that we use or the energy needs of about one of every six employees on this campus,\" she says.\u003cbr/\u003eBloom Energy says its customers pay 9 cents to 10 cents per kilowatt-hour. \u003cbr/\u003eMichael Kanellos, Editor in chief of Greentech Media says Bloom Energy''s fuel box is comparable to solar and wind energy in cost.\u003cbr/\u003e\"They are saying this can produce power for 9 to 10 cents per kilowatt hour, that includes, maintenance, repair work, the gas, everything. That puts it comparable with wind and solar, but they are at the first stage of the cost curve, they have nowhere to go but down. Solar and wind have been working on this for awhile, they are a little more mature, so this could slide under.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSridhar says Bloom Energy can always produce, unlike solar or wind power, which rely on external factors.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Compared to solar and wind today''s businesses needs to make hay when the sun doesn''t shine, today''s businesses need to sail when they wind is not blowing, we need a 24/7, 365 renewable parcels, Bloom Energy is that.\"\u003cbr/\u003eFor power they buy directly from the electricity grid in California, where all of Bloom Energy''s boxes are currently located, the price is 13 cents to 14 cents per kWh, the company says.\u003cbr/\u003eThe savings are big but there''s a catch. \u003cbr/\u003eBloom Energy says its customers are getting a big federal tax credit that amounts to 30 percent of the price of the Bloom box, along with a rebate from California based on how much energy they buy.\u003cbr/\u003eThe figures suggest that Bloom Energy''s 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