Sunnyvale clean-energy firm shifts to refurbishing ventilators

Bloom Energy, a Sunnyvale-based company that usually works on renewable energy solutions and related technologies, is refurbishing 170 medical ventilators, and is among many businesses partnering with the state to assist Californians as COVID-19 continues to spread.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said the ventilators being refurbished are from the federal stockpile and were not working. They recently came to the Sunnyvale facility, where Bloom Energy transformed its production site into one that refurbishes ventilators. They were expected to be loaded for shipment back to the Los Angeles area on Monday.