BE

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2023

Registration No. 333-            

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

4353 North First Street

San Jose, California 95134

(408) 543-1500

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

2018 Equity Incentive Plan

Amended and Restated 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full title of the plan)

Shawn M. Soderberg

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Bloom Energy Corporation

4353 North First Street

San Jose, California 95134

(408) 543-1500

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a small reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐

INTRODUCTION

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Bloom Energy Corporation (the “Registrant”) to register an additional 11,197,818 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, issuable to employees of the Registrant and certain of its subsidiaries under the Bloom Energy Corporation 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2018 Equity Plan”) and the Bloom Energy Corporation Amended and Restated 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2018 ESPP”).

Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statements on Form S-8 previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on July  26, 2018 (Registration No. 333-226369), April 1, 2020 (Registration No. 333-237538), February 26, 2021 (Registration No. 333-253625), February 25, 2022 (Registration No. 333-263054) and August 9, 2022 (Registration No. 333-266703), which relate to the 2018 Equity Plan and the 2018 ESPP, are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof, except for those items being updated by this Registration Statement.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Jose, State of California, on this 21st day of February, 2023.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints KR Sridhar and Gregory Cameron, and each of them acting individually, as his or her attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for him or her and in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on this Form S-8 (including any post-effective amendments thereto) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.