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Verizon Goes Green with Adaption of Bloom Energy Fuel Cell Systems for its Three Company Facilities in California
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June 05, 2013

Verizon Goes Green with Adaption of Bloom Energy Fuel Cell Systems for its Three Company Facilities in California

By Jyothi Shanbhag
TMCnet Contributor

Verizon (News - Alert) has always been on the forefront in adapting environmental friendly and energy efficient practices. The company is now in the news for installing Bloom Energy fuel cell systems at two call-switching centers located in Los Angeles and San Francisco and a data center in San Jose.


The newly adapted Bloom Energy's solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) hold the greatest potential of any fuel cell technology. It uses low cost ceramic materials, and extremely high electrical efficiencies to deliver attractive economics without relying on combined heat and power (CHP).

SOFC usage will enable Verizon to produce more than 16 million kilowatt hours of clean electricity for Verizon in the Golden State each year.

"The ability to power our facilities and operations with our own on-site alternative energy sources helps Verizon meet our long-term sustainability goals, while also enhancing the resiliency of our networks and reliability of our services," said James Gowen, Verizon's chief sustainability officer. "This is more than the right thing to do for the environment; it is also the right thing to do for our customers and our business."

Verizon has always leaned on technologies that revolutionize the information and communication infrastructure. After an exclusive survey the company agreed to invest $100 million in a solar and fuel-cell energy project that will help power 19 of the company's facilities in California and six other states across the country including Arizona, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and North Carolina.

After the completion of the project, Verizon is expected to produce more than 90 million kilowatt hours of its own green energy annually. This way the company would cut down on usage of 15,000 metric tons of CO2 annually, which is equivalent to the CO2 emissions from more than 1.6 million gallons of gasoline consumed.

"Bloom is aligned with Verizon in the belief that the world's biggest challenges deserve bigger solutions," said Matt Ross, chief marketing officer, Bloom Energy. "At Bloom we are excited to be helping Verizon meet the 21st century challenge of deploying a clean, reliable, efficient energy platform for their operations."

Verizon is also utilizing 26 solar-assisted cell sites in remote areas in the western United States to help power a portion of the nation’s largest and most reliable wireless network serving those areas.




Edited by Ashley Caputo


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