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A big deal was made of the Bloom Energy IPO. They put natgas into fuel cells to generate electricity. Natgas is marketed as reducing GHG emissions.

Here are five things to know about Bloom Energy ahead of its IPO.

What Bloom Energy makes and its client list
Bloom makes solid oxide fuel cells that are used in stationary power-generation servers. The servers convert natural gas or biogas into electricity through an electrochemical reaction, which results in lower emissions, Bloom Energy says.

The company claims that each on-site server, with a footprint of half the size of a shipping container, can provide around 250 kilowatts of power to its customers, or enough to power 160 average U.S. homes. That is more space-efficient than other forms of alternative energy, and unlike intermittent solar and wind power, the servers provide a constant source of electricity, Bloom says.