Clean energy adoption won't be about any single big idea. It will be the cumulative effect of major technological advances being utilized in simple, small ways. Bloom Energy has developed a type of fuel cell that is cheap to produce (silica sand is a major ingredient), runs with little maintenance, and can utilize a range of available fuel options. It is scalable, and stackable!
http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/02/22/bloom-energy-set-to-unveil-miraculous-micro-power-plant/
Take careful note of how they not only demo'd the device, but outed the many (!) commercial customers who are already using the devices. It seems eBay is getting 15% of their LA campus' energy needs from a small farm of these Bloom Boxes. Ditto a range of top tier corporate clients.
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