Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Fireman's Fund Axes Carbon Footprint 15% with Bloom Boxes

Fireman's Fund Insurance Company will soon join eBay, Coca-Cola, Walmart and Google as early adopters of Bloom Energy technology with the installation of six of the company's high-tech fuel cells, the insurance firm announced today.

Fireman's Fund, the first carrier to widely introduce green insurance to the U.S. commercial market, plans to install the Bloom Energy Servers -- fuel-cell energy generators better known as Bloom boxes -- at its headquarters in Novato in early 2011.

The Bloom boxes, which turn fuel into electricity through a clean electro-chemical process, will cost the insurance company about $8.2 million, an expense that is expected to be offset by tax credits and a sharp drop in energy bills. Fireman's Fund said it anticipates a return on investment plus $1.5 million in the next 10 years Read More

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