Bloom Energy entered into an agreement with Unimicron, a chip substrate and printed circuit board maker, to deploy up to 10 megawatts of fuel cells at Unimicron plants in Taiwan.
Final assembly of fuel cells takes place at the company’s 700-employee Newark site.
The installations will begin in 2023 and completed by 2026. Beginning in 2023, Bloom Energy will have placed its solid-oxide fuel cells in four Asian countries.
“Bloom’s superior energy technology capabilities are attractive to companies that need reliable power,” said Tim Schweikert, Senior managing director, International Business Development at Bloom Energy. “That is particularly true of semiconductor fabs, which must meet a global demand for their products that shows no signs of abating. Bloom’s fuel-flexible platform can fill Unimicron’s needs today, with…