Bloom Energy Delivers Renewable Power from Dairy Farm Waste
08 Novembro 2021 - 10:59AM
Business Wire
Captured biogas will create carbon neutral
electricity for electric vehicles
Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) today announced a one megawatt (MW) fuel
cell deployment at Bar 20 Dairy Farms in Kerman, California to
efficiently produce on-site, renewable electricity from dairy cow
manure. The installation marks Bloom’s first dairy farm biogas
project.
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Bloom Energy Server generating renewable
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To turn cow waste into renewable electricity, Bar 20 Dairy Farms
combined a methane digester, gas clean-up skid, and Bloom Energy
fuel cells for an end-to-end, waste-to-electricity solution. The
California Bioenergy (CalBio) digesters capture biogas, primarily
consisting of methane, released from the anaerobic decomposition of
dairy manure. After being cleaned in a separation skid, the biogas
is then converted to renewable electricity through an
electrochemical process, without combustion through Bloom Energy’s
fuel flexible, solid oxide fuel cells.
Dairy biogas contains up to 65 percent methane. The
waste-to-electricity solution captures methane that would otherwise
be released into the atmosphere, while reducing carbon emissions in
electricity generation and vehicle fuel.
Bloom’s Energy Servers generate enough electricity to operate
the gas clean-up skid and to meet the energy needs of the dairy
farm. Excess power is deployed to electric vehicle (EV) charging
stations across California. Dairy farms, like Bar 20 Dairy Farms,
which provide renewable electricity to charge EVs in California,
are able to participate in the California Air Resources Board’s Low
Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) program, providing a new income
opportunity for farmers.
“Finite resources don’t mean finite energy, rather, it means
doing smarter things with the resources we have,” said Sharelynn
Moore, executive vice president and chief marketing officer, Bloom
Energy. “Bar 20 Dairy Farms has long understood that the actions
they take today will have benefits for years to come for both their
industry and for their communities. Methane is a potent greenhouse
gas with a short lifespan in our atmosphere. This means that
capturing and utilizing waste methane as a renewable fuel is a
powerful way to positively and quickly impact climate change. Bloom
Energy is proud to play a part in their journey and demonstrate
that fuel cells are a strong part of the low-carbon solution.”
“At Bar 20, we see ourselves as environmental stewards playing a
substantive role in California’s sustainability,” said Steve
Shehadey, partner, Bar 20 Dairy Farms. “Through this deployment we
can further our efforts to use cost-effective and clean solutions
that benefit our farms and our communities, supporting cleaner
local air and mitigating the farm’s overall greenhouse gas
emissions. We are demonstrating that realistic climate solutions
are available and can be deployed today.”
In California, there are hundreds of megawatts of economically
viable dairy biogas. With significant deployments of dairy
digesters throughout the California dairy industry, there is a need
for on-site power generation solutions that use the captured biogas
to generate renewable electricity without combustion. Bar 20 Dairy
Farms’ leadership in prioritizing climate-conscious energy
solutions can serve as a catalyst for more California dairies to
adopt technologies that support local environmental and global
climate initiatives.
California’s Central Valley, especially the San Joaquin Valley
where many dairies are located, has some of the worst air quality
in the United States, as well as the highest rates of childhood
asthma in California. Using fuel cells to generate electricity from
dairy biogas, instead of combustion engines, eliminates
smog-forming emissions and provides improvements for local air
quality and public health.
The Bloom Energy Server eliminates the majority of air pollution
that is harmful to local communities and has far fewer carbon
emissions than legacy technologies. The Energy Servers are designed
to generate power 24 x 7 x 365 and with a modular design can be
configured to eliminate the need for traditional backup power
equipment and scaled up as power demand grows.
About Bloom Energy
Bloom Energy’s mission is to make clean, reliable energy
affordable for everyone in the world. Bloom Energy’s product, the
Bloom Energy Server, delivers highly reliable and resilient,
always-on electric power that is clean, cost-effective, and ideal
for microgrid applications. Bloom Energy’s customers include many
Fortune 100 companies and leaders in manufacturing, data centers,
healthcare, retail, higher education, utilities, and other
industries. For more information, visit www.bloomenergy.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the federal securities laws that involve risks and
uncertainties. Words such as “anticipates,” “could,” “expects,”
“intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,”
“can,” “may,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions identify such
forward-looking statements. These statements include, but are not
limited to, statements regarding the ability to efficiently produce
on-site, renewable electricity from dairy cow manure; and
expectations to reduce carbon emissions. These statements should
not be taken as guarantees of results and should not be considered
an indication of future activity or future performance. Actual
events or results may differ materially from those described in
this press release due to a number of risks and uncertainties,
including those included in the risk factors section of Bloom
Energy’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June
30, 2021 and other risks detailed in Bloom Energy’s SEC filings
from time to time. Bloom Energy undertakes no obligation to revise
or publicly update any forward-looking statements unless if and as
required by law.
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