ABOUT US
Meet Turbulent.
We are a multi-cultural team with two co-founders from Belgium. Jasper has Master degrees in both Finance and Law. Geert is a Master in Electromechanics and Intelligent Mobility. Their backgrounds come together in a complementary way ever since they first started working together in 2012 on a start-up challenge. Other team members with expertise in IT, sales, marketing, product development, quickly joined from Europe, Asia and South-America. Furthermore, Turbulent is backed by a network of experienced advisors and consultants.
The Turbulent team has secured Seed funding and Belgian and European research grants since 2015, and is being supported by the European Horizon 2020 program, the iMinds/IMEC incubator, StartIt@KBC, Start-up Chile and Parallel 18.
Frederik Ragé
Head of Operations
Walter J.R. Buydens
CEO
Imane Benamar
Sales Director
Luc Berben
Engineering Manager
OUR MISSION
We bring clean and affordable electricity to remote locations by developing new technologies and empowering local cultures to use them.
OUR VISION
We believe the future of electricity is in decentralized and connected devices. Just like nature, which also works in networks of small units, our technologies have to go small to have a large impact. Nature is our first source of inspiration.
Our big moments.
2018
110 kW. Kenya
2024
140 kW. Philippines
30 kW. DRC
30 kW. Idaho, USA
50 kW. Thailand
60 kW. Azores
7.5 kW. Portgual
2023
Winner. Global SME
Trends Impact Awards, Belgium
Winner. Climate & Energy
Trends Impact Awards, Belgium
5 kW. Denver, UK
100 kW. Taiwan
2022
COP 27
Participation of Turbulent
2021
Cleantech Hero 2021
1st prize winner
2020
2020
5.5 kW. Otepää, Estonia. (learn more)
2020
5 kW. Versailles, France. (learn more)
2020
2nd place. Limburg Innovation Award 2019. Hasselt, Belgium
2019
15 kW pilot. Bali Green School. Bali, Indonesia (learn more)
Horizon 2020 grant.
Brussels, Belgium
2018
2018
15 kW pilot. Molino California. Donihue, Chile (learn more)
3rd place. EIT Venture Award. Budapest
Turbulent videos go viral. +100M views
1st place. KBC Bolero Crowdfunding award
2017
2017
1st prize. Hotdesq incubator program. Brisbane
2016
2016
2015
1st prize. Engie Endeavor Innovation South America. Santiago, Chile
1st prize. Pitch Startup Nations Summit. Best startup in the world. Monterrey, Mexico
Innovators under 35, MIT Technology review, Boston, USA
1st prize. Orcelle: Future Of Logistics Award. Ocean Exchange. Orcelle. Savannah, USA
2.2 kW pilot. Cleerbeek, Belgium
Winner P18 Incubator
1st prize. Startup Chile Incubator
3rd place. Hello Tomorrow Challenge. Paris, France
Official founding of Turbulent
2014
Winner of Cleantech Challenge Belgium. Leuven, Belgium
2nd place. Cleantech Challenge International
London, UK
2014
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