Bloom Energy Names Philippe Cochet and Yves Rannou to Lead European Business Development

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bloom Energy, a leading provider of distributed energy solutions, today announced the appointment of Philippe Cochet and Yves Rannou to its international leadership team to strengthen the company’s expansion efforts, enhance competitive positioning and support deployment of its fuel-flexible, clean energy technology across Europe.

Mr. Cochet will advise Bloom Energy’s commercial strategy across Europe. His career in business leadership, production and manufacturing spans more than two decades, including senior leadership positions at the world’s leading energy and technology companies such as General Electric and Alstom.

Mr. Rannou is a seasoned business leader with a proven track record for driving growth, turnarounds and restructuring at international businesses in the renewables industry such as Senvion, Alstom and General Electric.

Mr. Cochet and Mr. Rannou will respectively advise and lead Bloom Energy’s commercial strategy across Europe, with an initial focus on France, Italy, Spain and Portugal. They will report to Bloom Energy’s executive vice president, international business, Azeez Mohammed.

“We are thrilled to welcome Philippe and Yves to Bloom Energy,” said Azeez Mohammed. “They bring vast experience as well as valuable perspectives and relationships that will help European organizations reduce carbon emissions, enhance resiliency and chart a path toward a net-zero carbon future.”

Bloom Energy’s technology is the most advanced thermal electric generation technology on the market today. Bloom Energy’s fuel-flexible, non-combustion fuel cells use biogas and hydrogen, in addition to natural gas, to create electricity at significantly higher efficiencies than traditional, combustion-based resources. In addition, Bloom Energy’s technology can be used to create hydrogen, which is increasingly recognized as a critically important tool necessary for the full decarbonization of the energy economy.

About Bloom Energy

Bloom Energy’s mission is to make clean, reliable energy affordable for everyone in the world. The company’s product, the Bloom Energy Server, delivers highly reliable and resilient, always-on electric power that is clean, cost-effective, and ideal for microgrid applications. Bloom’s customers include many Fortune 100 companies and leaders in manufacturing, data centers, healthcare, retail, higher education, utilities, and other industries. For more information, visit www.bloomenergy.com.

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