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.
Jasper Verreydt
Co-Founder
Frederik Ragé
Head of Operations
Walter J.R. Buydens
CEO
Maria-Elvira Zeman
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
2021
5 kW. Denver, UK
(coming soon)
7.5 kW. Vale das Lobas, Portugal (coming soon)
30 kW. Idaho, USA
(coming soon)
Cleantech Hero 2021
1st prize winner
2020
2020
2020
150 kW. Mindanao, The Philippines. (coming soon)
100 kW. Yilan, Taiwan (coming soon)
5.5 kW. Otepää, Estonia. (learn more)
5 kW. Versailles, France. (learn more)
2015
2015
2014
2020
2019
2016
2017
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
1st prize. Engie Endeavor Innovation South America. Santiago, Chile
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
2015
1st prize. Pitch Startup Nations Summit. Best startup in the world. Monterrey, Mexico
1st prize. Startup Chile Incubator
3rd place. Hello Tomorrow Challenge. Paris, France
Official founding of Turbulent
2014
2014
Winner of Cleantech Challenge Belgium. Leuven, Belgium
2nd place. Cleantech Challenge International
London, UK
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