Burt Hamner
Seattle, Washington, United States
Hydrobee inventor and co-founder; micro-hydro expert; global cleantech consultant
Burt Hamner is President of Hydrobee SPC. Before founding this company in 2013 he founded, grew and sold Hydrovolts, Inc. which made hydrokinetic turbines that generate renewable energy from irrigation canals and industrial water systems. He invented and filed patent applications for three new turbine designs. Under his leadership Hydrovolts was the 2009 winner of the National Sustainability Award of the Clean Tech Open , and winner of the Imagine H2O Water-Energy Nexus prize.