April 28, 2015: IKEA to Install Biogas-Operated Fuel Cell System at California Store
Combined with Its Solar Power System, It Will Enable the Store to Generate a Majority of Its Energy Onsite
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. — IKEA has announced plans to install a biogas-operated fuel cell system manufactured by Bloom Energy at its location in Emeryville, California, one of two San Francisco-area stores for the company. The fuel cell system will be installed, commissioned, and activated by this summer.
Slightly larger than the physical size of a commercial back-up generator, the 300-kW system will produce approximately 2,497,651 kWh of electricity annually for the store. The fuel cell system, combined with the rooftop solar power system installed atop the store in 2011, will enable the facility to generate a majority of its energy onsite.