Eco Wave Power Receives the Innovation Award from AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles, as it Strides towards its First U.S. Based Wave Energy Project
- Inna Braverman receives AltaSea's Innovation Award for her innovative work in wave energy
- Eco Wave Power has a grid connected power station in Jaffa Port, Israel
- Eco Wave Power is planning a pilot station in the Port of Los Angeles
- Eco Wave Power is in the final planning phases for a commercial scale power station in Portugal
- Wave energy and Eco Wave Power will be a significant part of the world's renewable energy mix
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The theme for this year's Blue Hour was "Women Stewarding the Ocean," and featured four women honored at the event, including Academy Award-winning director James Cameron's Avatar Alliance Foundation Creative Director Kim Butts, Santa Monica College Dean Dr. Patricia Ramos, and AltaSea Emeritus Founding Board Member Camilla Townsend.
John Molina, a philanthropist, and Founder of Pacific6, who built Molina Healthcare, Inc. from a fledgling start-up into a Fortune 200 company, won the Innovation Award last year for his groundbreaking work in aquaculture, and presented Braverman with this year's Innovation award.
While introducing Inna he said as follows: "Innovation is about turning ideas into reality. Lots of us have ideas, but it takes a certain person to build a certain team to take that to reality. Our award winner today, Inna Braverman, has a wonderful backstory that I'll let her tell you. She has overcome challenge after challenge after challenge, from the point of her birth until even last week. But through it all, she came up with a wonderful idea, and built a team that has taken a company public and is continuing with the vision that she had for a successful, sustainable company."
Braverman, in her acceptance speech, said: "I am extremely proud to be here today and be honored with the Innovation Award for women stewarding the ocean. This award embodies two of my greatest passions – one is my work with Eco Wave Power and the second is my efforts to promote gender equality in the STEM sector,". "I founded Eco Wave Power when I was 24, and back then everyone told me that wave energy is impossible, but I kept working hard to prove that wave energy is possible. I never gave up.
Now, Eco Wave Power has a grid connected power station in Jaffa Port, in
I strongly believe that wave energy, and Eco Wave Power, will be a significant part of the world's renewable energy mix, and a significant resource in the fight against climate change" added Inna.
Braverman concluded her acceptance speech by asking for prayers and support for her home country of
"While we are having a Blue Hour here,
For the full speech please view the following link: Blue Hour Award
Previous Innovation Award recipients include Robert Downey Jr.'s FootPrint Coalition and Esri's Dr. Dawn Wright, the first Black person to dive to the deepest point on Earth. At previous Blue Hour events, ocean explorers Dr. Bob
AltaSea is the home of Eco Wave Power's first-ever US pilot station, which is set to be installed in the coming months. The energy conversion unit has been on static display at AltaSea, allowing prominent policymakers, businesses, celebrities, and philanthropists to tour the station and see the technology in person.
At Saturday's award ceremony, the energy conversion unit was a part of a live art installation, with
"Blending art with important causes like ocean conservation is an important way to spur others into action," said Braverman. "Art is a powerful medium and by having our energy conversion as a part of a live art installation we hope to inspire others to get involved in growing the blue economy."
In the past year, Ms. Braverman has hosted multiple prominent celebrities, policymakers, and philanthropists at the station, including former
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About John Molina
John, with his father and family, built Molina Healthcare, Inc. from a fledgling start-up into a Fortune 200 company, serving nearly five million members and employing over 25,000 people nationwide. As Chief Financial Officer, John oversaw all financial activity including corporate finance, investor relations, accounting, treasury, and actuarial functions – and was responsible for executing the expansion efforts of Molina Healthcare's business development, mergers and acquisition program.
John's business and philanthropic connections to
John received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from California State University,
About Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ)
Eco Wave Power is a leading onshore wave energy technology company that developed a patented, smart and cost-efficient technology for turning ocean and sea waves into green electricity. Eco Wave Power's mission is to assist in the fight against climate change by enabling commercial power production from the ocean and sea waves.
The Company completed construction of and received all approvals for its grid connected project in
Eco Wave Power received funding from the European Union Regional Development Fund, Innovate
Eco Wave Power's American Depositary Shares (WAVE) are traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
Read more about Eco Wave Power at www.ecowavepower.com. Information on, or accessible through, the websites mentioned above does not form part of this press release.
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