San Jose, California-based energy company Bloom Energy (BE) has formed an agreement with chip substrate and printed circuit board maker Unimicron to deliver 10 megawatts of fuel cells to the latter's plants in Taiwan, according to a press release published recently.
The installations are set to begin in 2023 before concluding in 2026. The move also marks BE's fourth expansion in Asian countries. In July, the company also unveiled a 164,000-square-foot multi-gigawatt manufacturing plant in Fremont, California to meet the growing demand for its products.
“Bloom’s superior energy technology capabilities are attractive to companies that need reliable power,” said BE Senior Managing Director of International Business Development Tim Schweikert. “That is particularly true of semiconductor fabs, which must meet a global demand for their products that shows no signs of abating. Bloom’s fuel-flexible platform can fill Unimicron’s needs today, with fuels that are available now, and they can transition to renewable fuels and hydrogen as those sources become more widely available."
BE uses a proprietary solid oxide technology to convert natural gas, biogas and hydrogen into electricity without the need for combustion, resulting in little to no carbon dioxide emissions. The company's technology can also be configured to function independently or operate alongside an electricity grid while scaling with the highly-fluctuating clean energy environment.