CTalkFrom surviving Chernobyl to founding a clean energy company
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From surviving Chernobyl to founding a clean energy company
Inna Braverman, Co-Founder and CEO of Eco Wave Power, spoke to CTech at Calcalist and Bank Leumi’s Tech & Invest conference in Miami about how her company is pioneering the field in clean wave energy.
Inna Braverman.
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For Inna Braverman, Co-Founder and CEO of cleantech company Eco Wave Power, delivering clean energy isn’t just a business goal or a matter of principle - it’s personal. “I was born in Ukraine on April 11, 1986 and two weeks after I was born, the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded - the largest nuclear disaster in history. I was one of the babies that was hurt from the negative effects of the explosion,” Braverman told CTech at Calcalist and Bank Leumi’s Tech & Invest conference in Miami.
“My mother approached my crib. I was pale and blue and not breathing,” she says. Luckily, her mother, a trained nurse, resuscitated her and saved her life. “I grew up with the feeling of purpose, that I got a second chance in life. I truly believe that wave energy can produce a lot of clean power for the world, especially as someone who’s first chance in life was taken by a not-so-safe way of producing electricity.”
Eco Wave Power is an advanced and innovative international wave power developer, headquartered in Israel. The tech company, which generates clean energy from ocean and sea waves and went public on the Nasdaq, recently opened U.S. offices in Miami. They have several upcoming projects, including installing generators at the Los Angeles Port, in Taiwan, Porto, and soon in Jaffa.
“It’s the first time in the history of Israel that wave energy is officially connected to the national electrical grid. Houses next to the Jaffa Port can turn on their TV or washing machine using the power of the waves,” says Braverman. “Wave energy on its own can supply twice the electricity that the world produces today.”
You can watch the full interview in the video above.
