http://www.bloomenergy.com/newsroom/press-release-10-02-12/"AT&T...

http://www.bloomenergy.com/newsroom/press-release-10-02-12/
"AT&T Becomes Bloom Energy’s Largest Non-Utility Fuel Cell Customer

With a second wave of fuel cell installations in California and Connecticut, AT&T facilities will produce 17.1 MW of cleaner power from Bloom Energy servers

Dallas, TX and Sunnyvale, CA - October 2, 2012 — Reliable and affordable alternative power generation is crucial for a clean energy future. AT&T took a step toward that future with the announcement of a planned additional 9.6 MW of fuel cell power from clean energy provider Bloom Energy. The new installations will make AT&T Bloom Energy's largest non-utility customer.

In July 2011, AT&T announced an initial contract with Bloom Energy to deploy 7.5 MW of "Bloom Boxes" at 11 AT&T sites in California including data centers. With today's announcement, AT&T will now have 17.1 MW of Bloom Energy Servers helping to power 28 AT&T sites in California and Connecticut. Once fully operational, all of AT&T's Bloom Box installations are expected to produce more than 149 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity annually, enough to power more than 13,680 homes per year. "
Comparison bw Bluegen
Bloom efficiency 60%, Bluegen 60% electrical with CHP 85%
Bloom still use water cooling at startup
"Bloom Energy Servers also deliver extraordinary water savings. Bloom's technology uses no water beyond a 240-gallon injection at start up. By comparison, the average U.S. coal plant uses 1.07 million gallons per 200 kW annually; and combined cycle natural gas plants use 648,240 gallons per 200 kW annually. A supermarket powered by a 200 kW Bloom Energy Server saves more than 1 million gallons a year."
http://www.bloomenergy.com/clean-energy/

Their benefits are then reliability, lower CO2 emissions and cost of electricity. This spells the end of coal use for power production certainly in the US. What this also does is advertise massively the benefits of fuel cells and good on them. It paves the way for CFU to get into the domestic market there.