Indian Man Holds Key to Clean Energy: What You Need To Know About Dr. KR Sridhar
“It’s about seeing the world as it can be, not as what it is.”- Dr. KR Sridhar
Yes, Yes Ya’ll! This dude right here is about to change the world and how we look at energy. From CBS’s 60 minutes to Facebook Fan Pages the world is abuzz about Bloom Energy and it’s innovative founder Dr. KR Sridhar.
Sridhar introduced the Bloom Box to the world last week after almost nine years of working on the project in secrecy in the middle of Silicone Valley California. The Bloom Box is a box that uses fuel cell technology to create electricity. the product has gained a huge amount of attention and high profile investors including former Secretary of State Colin Powell and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Bloom Box is already being used for a small percentage of the electricity needs for big name corporations such as eBay, Google and Wal-mart. However, the Bloom Box does face its fair share of critics. Check out CBS’s 60 minutes piece below:
So who is KR Sridhar anyway and is he really about to change the world?
Born and raised in India, Sridhar earned a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering with Honors from the University of Madras, India, as well as his M.S. in Nuclear Engineering and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Before creating Bloom Energy, Dr. Sridhar worked as a professor and as a NASA scientist, developing technologies that would help sustain human life on Mars. His pioneering efforts with NASA led Fortune magazine to name Sridhar “one of the top five futurists that are inventing tomorrow today”. When the NASA program lost funding, Sridhar used the developments from his work with NASA to create the Bloom Box a fuel cell box made out of sand.
Go Head Homie! This is a prime example of what it means to have more than just a green Job this is a Green Career! keep up the good work and we’ll keep following.
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