One man with over 40 patents in electrochemical energy conversion is one of the founding fathers of model fuel cell technology with a career that dates back to the 1960s managing Gemini fuel cell projects for NASA. The second man regarded as one of NASA’s top experts in trace contaminant control and air revitalization for life support systems. The third a professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arizona who worked for the NASA Mars program to convert the Martian atmospheric gases to oxygen for propulsion and life support. These three men came together in 2001 to form Bloom Energy headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA with the goal to develop clean, reliable, affordable, on-site power to provide a clear path to energy independence. Read the rest of this entry »