Clean Energy Infrastructure · Cleveland, OH · Founded 2025

Turning Highway Traffic
Into Clean Electricity

Novora's patent-pending vertical-axis turbines capture vehicle-wake energy from existing road infrastructure. No land to acquire, no grid queue, no waiting.

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Novora helical vertical-axis wind turbine

4.2M

U.S. Public Roadway Miles

3.29T

Annual U.S. highway vehicle-miles

$312B

Global DER market, 2025 → $1T by 2035

New land required

The Problem

The grid can't keep up with demand.

New generation is stuck behind a multi-year interconnection queue, right as AI data centers push power demand into overdrive.

3–5 yr

Grid queue. New generation waits years for transmission interconnection

140+ GW

Backlog. Generation projects queued nationally; AEP Ohio paused new service agreements

15–20%

YoY AI data center power demand growth, with no near-term supply answer

4.2M

U.S. public roadway miles producing untapped vehicle-wake energy daily

The Solution

Turn the shoulder into a power line.

Patent-pending VAWTs mount directly on existing highway infrastructure, bypassing the land, permitting, and interconnection bottlenecks that stall every other generation source.

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Zero land acquisition. Patent-pending VAWTs mount on existing Jersey barriers and median posts along federal highway ROW, with no new permits beyond a state DOT agreement.

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No transmission queue. Grid and behind-the-meter interconnection bypasses the 3–5 year transmission queue entirely, putting power to work in months rather than years.

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Built for the wake. Captures vehicle-wake energy from traffic traveling 35 to 70+ mph, the chaotic turbulence VAWTs are built to harvest.

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Modular and scalable. String as few or as many units together as space allows, and scale corridor by corridor as data accumulates.

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Solar add-on. An optional solar module on each rotor top plate adds supplemental generation to every unit.

Hardware Stack (Per Unit)

Helical 3-blade VAWT
Permanent-magnet generator
Two-board PCB (Power + Control)
ESP32 real-time telemetry
Foam-core fiberglass blades
Jersey barrier clamp or post mount
Optional solar add-on on top plate

How It Works

Built for the road,
not the wind farm.

Every vehicle at highway speed displaces enough air to power a home. We built a turbine designed to capture exactly that.

Vehicle Wake → Wind Energy

Every passing vehicle, especially semis and commuter traffic, generates a strong, repeating turbulent wake. On an interstate, this is continuous and high-volume.

VAWT Capture → Electrical Output

Helical-blade vertical-axis turbines (~1m tall, ~300mm dia.) mounted on median barriers spin on wake turbulence. Each unit houses a permanent-magnet generator, two-board PCB, and ESP32 telemetry, all weather-sealed in the base enclosure.

Grid or Behind the Meter → Revenue

Output is conditioned and delivered at the distribution level or behind the meter, depending on the deployment site. Novora's revenue model combines an upfront installation fee with ongoing energy revenue sharing.

Scale by Corridor

Real-world pilot data validates per-mile output and unlocks corridor-scale replication. With 4.2 million miles of U.S. public roadway, each corridor becomes a linear power plant.

Market Opportunity

An untapped resource hiding in plain sight.

$23T

Global clean energy economy

$312B

Global DER market (2025), growing to $1T by 2035

4.2M

U.S. public roadway miles

3.29T

Annual U.S. highway vehicle-miles

Novora's primary customers are utilities, highway agencies, and data center operators — all racing to solve the same problem from different angles: new generation is stuck behind a 3–5 year transmission queue, while AI-driven power demand keeps climbing 15–20% year over year.

Grid and behind-the-meter interconnection along highway ROW sidesteps that queue entirely, delivering clean power in months instead of years, corridor by corridor.

Revenue Model

Upfront Installation Fee Per Unit

Energy Output Revenue Share Ongoing

Unit Economics

Unit Cost $158

Unit Price $225+

Gross Margin ~30%

Model Install + Rev Share

Why Novora

Every other energy source
starts from scratch.

Novora is the only energy technology that deploys on existing infrastructure, connects to the grid at the point of generation, and requires no new land.

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Zero new land

Mounts directly on existing Jersey barriers and median posts — no acquisition, no siting fight.

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No new permits

Deploys under a state DOT agreement, not a fresh environmental or zoning review.

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No interconnection queue

Grid and behind-the-meter interconnection bypasses the 3–5 year transmission wait entirely.

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Always-on fuel source

Runs on continuous, high-volume vehicle turbulence — no sunlight or sustained wind required.

Deployment

Mounts that fit the corridor.

From permanent footings to same-day trailer deployment, Novora units adapt to any highway cross-section and pilot timeline.

Five Novora turbine mounting options: poured concrete footing, helical pier, ballasted surface base, trailer/skid mount, and temporary Jersey barrier mount

Five mounting options spanning permanent to fully mobile deployments — poured-in-place footing, helical pier, ballasted surface base, trailer/skid mount, and temporary Jersey barrier mount.

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Barrier mount and shoulder post mount elevation and plan view drawings for Novora turbines on divided highways and two-lane roadways

Barrier-mount and shoulder post-mount elevations with plan views for divided-highway and two-lane roadway deployment.

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Patent Pending · Not for Construction · Dimensions Approximate

Team

Lean, technical, and moving fast.

A small team covering product, engineering, and the regulatory path to deployment.

Tom Kennedy

Founder · Full-Time

Software engineer and entrepreneur. Driving all product development, prototyping, regulatory strategy, and commercial outreach.

ME Collaborator

Mechanical Engineering

Supporting turbine design, structural analysis, and prototype build.

Advisors

Legal · Financial

IP counsel engaged. Financial advisor supporting business model and fundraising strategy.

We're Looking For

Ready to put highways to work?

We're actively building partnerships with municipal and highway agencies, seed-stage investors, and SBIR/accelerator programs.

Pilot MOU

Municipal or highway agency partner to host a controlled 4–6 unit roadside pilot for real-world performance data.

Investor Introductions

Seed-stage climate/infrastructure investors aligned with DER and utility-scale clean energy.

SBIR / Program Support

Connections to DOT, DOE, or accelerator programs supporting early-stage energy hardware.

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Novora, Inc. · Cleveland, Ohio · tom@novora-energy.com · (330) 541-1028 · Patent Pending

Turning Highway Traffic
Into Clean Electricity

The grid can't keep up with demand.