Nuventura

Fabian Lemke (Germany)

Nuventura empowers a safer and more efficient energy grid free from SF6 – the most potent greenhouse gas in existence. SF6 is 23500 times stronger than CO2 in terms of its global warming effect and has a lifetime of 3200 years. 85% of all the SF6 produced is used inside gas insulated switchgear (GIS) – essential part of an electricity grid.

Nuventura has invented a GIS that instead of SF6 simply uses the air we all breathe. The technology does not only have the potential to trigger a greenhouse gas emission reduction equivalent to 100 million cars every year but it also significantly improves the performance of the switchgear and reduced its total cost of ownership.