Escalating Grid Outages Prompt High Tech Manufacturer JSR Micro, Inc. to Implement Bloom Energy Microgrid
August 23 2018 - 08:30AM
Business Wire
Faced with escalating power outages and an increased risk of
interruptions to its precision manufacturing operations, Silicon
Valley’s JSR Micro, Inc. has selected Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) to
deploy a microgrid to provide its primary power. JSR Micro is a
subsidiary of JSR Corporation, a multinational company employing
more than 7,500 people worldwide, and a leading materials supplier
in a variety of technology driven markets.
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The microgrid at JSR Micro will draw on-site electric power from
Bloom Energy Servers. It will enable the company’s manufacturing,
test and measurement, and other facilities to operate independently
of the grid. JSR Micro expects to significantly reduce its
electricity costs and its carbon footprint over the lifetime of the
deployment.
JSR Micro develops electronic materials for the semiconductor
industry and its advanced manufacturing operations are highly
sensitive to even small power interruptions. Following persistent
challenges with the reliability of its grid power supply, the
company decided to implement a microgrid that would insulate it
from the vulnerabilities of the conventional grid transmission and
distribution system.
“Our technology supports some of the greatest breakthroughs in
advanced electronic materials,” said Eric Johnson, President, JSR
Micro, Inc. “The quality of our manufacturing, and therefore the
reliability of our electricity supply, are fundamental to the
success of our, and our customers’, operations. We’re taking a
major step in ensuring continuity of our electricity supply with
the Bloom Energy microgrid.”
California ranks highest among all U.S. states by number of
power outages, according to the Eaton Blackout Tracker. In 2017,
438 separate outage events caused by weather, falling trees, faulty
equipment, human error and other causes resulted in more than
25,000 minutes or 17 days of outages across the state. There has
been a steady increase in the number of outages during the past
decade, leading organizations to seek out microgrids powered by
distributed energy resources (DER).
JSR Micro’s new Bloom Energy Microgrid will deliver 1.1MW of
mission critical electric power. The system is designed to provide
99.99% availability and enable JSR Micro to continue operations
even if the electrical utility grid fails. The microgrid is
expected to be operational by the end of 2018.
“High-tech manufacturing requires high-quality, reliable
electricity that is always-on,” said KR Sridhar, Founder, Chairman
and CEO of Bloom Energy. “Bloom is proud to provide this service to
JSR Micro, and to do so sustainably and in way that saves them
money.”
The Bloom Energy Server converts natural gas or biogas fuel into
electricity without combustion, using solid oxide fuel cell
technology. It delivers always-on 24/7 power in an extremely
compact, energy-dense platform and uses less fuel to generate more
electricity than a conventional power plant. It also generates
cleaner electricity, with almost 60% less CO2 emissions than the
average of the U.S. power generation portfolio. Because there is no
combustion, there are also virtually no smog-forming particulate
emissions.
The Bloom Energy Server avoids the vulnerabilities of
conventional transmission and distribution lines by generating
power on-site, where the electricity is consumed. The system
operates at very high availability due to its modular and
fault-tolerant design, which includes multiple independent power
generation modules that can be hot-swapped. Bloom Energy Servers
utilize underground natural gas infrastructure, which is not
susceptible to the impact of severe weather.
About Bloom Energy
Bloom Energy’s mission is to make clean, reliable, and
affordable energy for everyone in the world. The Company’s product,
the Bloom Energy Server, is capable of delivering highly reliable,
uninterrupted, 24x7 constant electric power that is clean and
sustainable. Twenty-five of the Fortune 100 companies are Bloom
Energy’s customers, and some of its largest deployments are at
Equinix, AT&T, The Home Depot, The Wonderful Company, Caltech,
Kaiser Permanente, and Delmarva Power. For more information, visit
www.bloomenergy.com.
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Bloom EnergyDavid McCulloch,
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