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So, I read about the Bloom Energy Fuel Cell technology today and calculated some interesting numbers based on the data sheet on their website (link below).

The unit produces 100kW using 0.661MMBtu/hr of Natural Gas. Based on a conversion I got from Google, 10 therms is equal to 1.034MMBtu/hr, so 0.661MMBtu/hr is equal to 6.39 therms.

So to generate the following, you would need the corresponding amount of gas:
1kW – 0.0639 therms
1000kW – 63.9 therms
2500kW – 159.75 therms

If you can get Natural Gas at $1 a therm, that puts power from the Bloom Energy Server at 6.39 cents per kW not including the cost of the unit, which is 1.5 to 3x that of Nuclear, depending on where you get your numbers from.

Bloom Energy – http://www.bloomenergy.com/products/data-sheet/

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