Aventus Aero is developing affordable, reliable off-grid energy built around one simple idea: harvest the wind that actually blows, and pair it with the sun.
Aventus Aero was founded by Deon Bezuidenhout, an engineer and entrepreneur who set out to build a wind turbine suited to South African conditions, not imported from places with stronger, steadier winds.
Over several years he designed and built a series of prototypes by hand, built his own wind tunnel to test blade shapes, and developed the patented variable-geometry turbine at the heart of the Power Tower.
When early feedback showed the first design was too costly for its output, the turbine was re-engineered into a simpler, sturdier and more affordable version — built for farms, communities and businesses, and designed to be manufactured locally.
We are excited about what the Power Tower can do, but we are not yet selling commercially. The turbine has been proven in our own prototypes and tests; we are now in our final funding round to build the first commercial-ready units.
The images on this website are concept illustrations showing how the Power Tower is designed to look and be used. Performance figures are projections from our engineering models and will be confirmed on our first commercial installations.
We are raising our final round to build our first commercial-ready units. Invest, fund, host a pilot or simply follow along.