June 24, 2013: Verizon to Install Fuel Cell Systems at Three Calif. Facilities
Fuel Cells Are Expected to Generate More Than 16 Million kWh of Clean Electricity
NEW YORK — Verizon has announced an agreement to install Bloom Energy fuel cell systems at three of its California-based locations: two call-switching centers in Los Angeles and San Francisco and a data center in San Jose. The solid oxide fuel cells are expected to generate more than 16 million kWh of clean electricity for Verizon in California each year.
The installation is part of Verizon’s plan to invest $100 million in a solar and fuel cell energy project that will help power 19 of the company’s facilities in California and six other states across the country: Arizona, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and North Carolina. When completed next year, the project will enable Verizon to generate more than 90 million kWh of its own green energy annually. The project will also eliminate more than 15,000 metric tons of CO2 annually.