an ongoing relationship ?

European energy company E.ON has invested €91.5 million in Californian solid oxide fuel cell manufacturer Bloom Energy, bringing the emergent company’s total investment over the last decade to a cool $1.2 billion. The company has seen increasing demand for its electricity-led Energy Server fuel cells in the last four years, first in California and now across the USA. High-profile customers include tech giants Apple, Google, Adobe and eBay, as well as US communications network AT&T, Bank of America and Walmart.

E.ON is based in Düsseldorf, Germany and is the world’s largest investor-owned electricity utility. The company is no stranger to fuel cells and hydrogen thanks to its ongoing relationship with micro combined heat and power fuel cell manufacturer Ceramic Fuel Cells and its flagship wind-to-hydrogen plant, currently under construction in Falkenhagen, Germany, which uses Hydrogenics electrolysers to demonstrate the power-to-gas concept. The investment in Bloom makes sense for the company, which is trying to reduce its carbon intensity, though it is interesting to note that E.ON has not operated a US subsidiary since 2010 and Bloom Energy is yet to install a fuel cell system overseas. Such a substantial investment may mean that the door to Europe is now open for Bloom

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