Tuesday, April 7, 2009

SOVNA developing urban wind farms, releases video of pilot project

SOVNA, a Tel Aviv-based startup that installs vertical micro wind turbines atop high-rise buildings, is currently featured on Israel21c.

Erez Ella, a noted Israeli architect whose projects include the Museum Plaza in Louisville, Kentucky, is one of Sovna's co-founders and participated in the CICC Cleantech Tour of Silicon Valley in 2008. Previously called ALT E, SOVNA was also featured in Ha'aretz last year.

Below is a short video that includes images from SOVNA's pilot project atop an Israeli skyscraper and commentary from the founding team of Guy Shahar (CEO), Erez Ella (CTO) and Danny Cohen.



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