Although Valenza has no prior background in wind energy or aerodynamics, he has a broad background in business and a passion for creative thinking. Hardware Innovation through Iterative DesignĪny hardware startup in the trenches of development work can expect to go through many design iterations as it translates an initial idea into a finished design, a viable product, and ultimately a self-sustaining business. SAFE-T is the acronym for Spherical Air Foil Energy Turbine, which accurately describes the product that Valenza and his colleagues are working to prototype and bring to market. That’s the vision of Charles Valenza, co-founder of Sacramento-based SAFE-T Wind Systems.
Put a few dozen of them on the roof of a warehouse and you would be able to offset some of the power that building uses from the grid, all at a fixed cost per kilowatt hour for a long period of time. But imagine instead a small, safe, inexpensive wind turbine - the size of a large beach ball - that could be installed on most any flat surface. Energy utilities must make heavy investments not only to build them, but also to route the electricity they produce from remote locations to the cities that need the energy.
Today’s most visible wind turbines stand as tall as skyscrapers. 4 min read SAFE-T Wind Systems Rethinks Wind Power with Spherical Turbines
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