UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM SD
SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT
BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-38598 | ||||||||||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | ||||||||||
| 4353 North First Street, San Jose, CA | 95134 | ||||||||||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | ||||||||||
| Shawn M. Soderberg, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, (408) 543-1500 | |||||||||||
| (Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.) | |||||||||||
Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed:
☑ Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2023.
☐ Rule 13q-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13q-1) for the fiscal year ended____.
Introduction
Bloom Energy Corporation (the “Company”) created the first large-scale, commercially viable solid oxide fuel-cell based power generation platform that provides clean and resilient power to businesses, essential services, and critical infrastructure. The Company’s technology, invented in the United States, is the most advanced thermal electric generation technology on the market today. The Company’s fuel-flexible Bloom Energy Servers can use biogas and hydrogen, in addition to natural gas, to create electricity at significantly higher efficiencies than traditional, combustion-based resources. In addition, the Company’s solid oxide platform can also be used to create hydrogen, which is increasingly recognized as a critically important tool necessary for the full decarbonization of the energy economy. Hydrogen is produced from the Company’s Electrolyzer, announced in July 2021 and currently in demonstration with certain customers and partners. The Company has a broad array of enterprise customers from various industries for its Energy Servers, who value reliable, sustainable and cost predictable energy. The Company also has strong relationships with some of the largest utility companies in the United States and the Republic of Korea.
The Company has determined that two products manufactured or contracted to be manufactured contained tin, tungsten, tantalum and/or gold or its derivatives that were necessary to their functionality or production: the Bloom Energy Server, a stationary power generation device, and the Bloom Energy Electrolyzer, a stationary hydrogen generation device.
The Company’s Conflict Minerals Policy is available on its website at http://www.bloomenergy.com/supplychain. The content of any website referred to in this Form SD is included for general information only and is not incorporated by reference in this Form SD.
Section 1 – Conflict Minerals Disclosure
Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report
Conflict Minerals Disclosure
In accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has filed this Form SD in respect of the reporting period January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023, and the associated Conflict Minerals Report, which appears as Exhibit 1.01 hereto and is publicly available on the Company’s website at www.bloomenergy.com.
Item 1.02 Exhibit
The Conflict Minerals Report required by Item 1.01 is filed as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD.
Section 2 – Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure
Item 2.01 Resource Extraction Issuer Disclosure and Report
Not applicable.
Section 3 – Exhibits
The following exhibit is filed as part of this report.
Item 3.01 Exhibits
Exhibit 1.01 – Conflict Minerals Report for the period January 1 to December 31, 2023 as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form SD.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the duly authorized undersigned.
| BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date: | May 30, 2024 | By: | /s/ Shawn Soderberg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name: Shawn Soderberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title: Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||