Bloom Energy breaks ground on new manufacturing center in Delaware
Today, Bloom Energy broke ground on a new Bloom Energy Manufacturing Center in Newark, Delaware. Located on the 272‐ acre site formerly occupied by a Chrysler assembly plant, and now owned by the University of Delaware, the Bloom Energy Manufacturing Center is expected to bring hundreds of 21st century manufacturing jobs to the region.
Headquartered in California, the new facility positions Bloom as bi‐coastal company. According to KR Sridhar, principal co‐founder and chief executive officer of Bloom Energy, Delaware’s strategic location and business‐friendly environment helped play a part in that.
Grants don’t hurt either.
In June 2011, the Delaware Economic Development Office awarded Bloom Energy $16.5 million from the Delaware Strategic Fund to support the manufacturing center in Newark and the creation of 1,500 new jobs in the state.
A separate grant for $7 million from the Delaware New Jobs Infrastructure Fund will bring public water, electricity, data and phone lines to the site, and provide access to additional high‐tech research facilities for future economic development.
About Bloom Energy
Bloom Energy is a provider of breakthrough solid oxide fuel cell technology generating clean, highlyefficient onsite power from multiple fuel sources. Founded in 2001 with a mission to make clean, reliable energy affordable for everyone in the world, Bloom Energy Servers are currently producing power for several Fortune 500 companies including Google, Wal‐Mart, AT&T, eBay, Staples, The Coca‐Cola Company, as well as notable non‐profit organizations such as Caltech, and Kaiser Permanente. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.