Entrepreneur of the Week Hassine Labaeid of Saphon Energy in Tunisia

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This week's Entrepreneur of the Week is Hassine Labaeid, the co-founder of Tunisian Startup Saphon Energy (http://www.saphonenergy.com), which focuses on research and development in wind energy. • Labaeid recently spoke at TED Global about the Saphonian, a new zero-blade wind power solution that his company is developing. • After closing their first round of funding 8 month ago, Saphon Energy is continuing to develop the prototype while searching for a manufacturer and distributor to produce and sell their product once the research and development is complete. • It's very, very cheap to manufacture, he says, Because we have removed most of the most expensive component of the turbine. On top of that, we have the option of storing energy... in a very affordable way. • The company asserts that the sail-like model is bird-friendly, because it lack rotating turbines, not to to mention it's potentially 2.3 times more efficient in terms of energy. • [Apologies for the video quality; it was a particularly rough week for connections between Lebanon and Tunisia].

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