2009July: eBay installs five Bloom Boxes on its San Jose campus. A Bloom Box is a collection of solid-oxide fuel cells that act as a personal power plant. eBay’s Bloom Boxes, which run on biogas made from landfill waste, power about 15% of the campus and has saved the company about $100,000 in electricity costs, according to eBay’s President and CEO John Donahoe in a 60 Minutes interview broadcast Feb 21, 2010 (Christian Science Monitor).
Reference: Christian Science Monitor http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2010/0222/Bloom-Box-What-is-it-and-how-does-it-work
Watch the 60 Minutes Report on Bloom Boxes http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6228923n&tag=contentMain;contentBody
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