Bloom Energy

Bloom Energy announced the grand opening of its 164,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Fremont, California, representing a $200 million investment. The plant will produce solid oxide fuel cells with an annual output of over one gigawatt, creating more than 400 clean energy jobs.

SK E&C, Bloom Energy and SK Advanced signed a memorandum of understanding for a pilot project to use hydrogen waste from SK Advanced's PDH plant in Ulsan to power fuel cells. An SOFC pilot plant is scheduled to begin operations in April 2021.

SK E&C and Bloom Energy began trial production of solid oxide fuel cells at the Bloom SK Fuel Cell Plant in South Korea. The joint venture, established in January 2020, plans to expand capacity from 50 MW in 2021 to 400 MW in 2027.

SK Engineering & Construction opened a new fuel cell manufacturing plant in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province, for its joint venture Bloom SK Fuel Cell with Bloom Energy. The facility's annual generating capacity is projected at 50 MW in 2021, growing to 400 MW by 2027.

SK D&D and Bloom Energy signed a supply agreement on February 6, 2019, for Bloom Energy's 'Energy Server' solid oxide fuel cell systems. SK D&D will directly receive the main equipment to accelerate its fuel cell power generation business in South Korea.

SK D&D has signed a main equipment supply contract with Bloom Energy to accelerate entry into the domestic fuel cell power generation market. SK D&D will receive Bloom Energy's 'Energy Server' fuel cells directly for power generation projects in South Korea.