Clean technology investment firm Evok Innovations has unveiled a lightweight oil spill boom that its manufacturer, HARBO Technologies of Israel, said can be deployed in less than two hours. The device, which is about the size and shape of an umbrella, consists of three components: At a recent refinery incident in California, 82 ft of T-Fence was deployed by two employees in less than 15 minutes, successfully containing the oil spill, HARBO said.
Clean technology investment firm Evok Innovations has unveiled a lightweight oil spill boom that its manufacturer, HARBO Technologies of Israel, said can be deployed in less than two hours. T-Fence comprises a series of cartridges small enough to be carried as luggage on a commercial plane, and is two-thirds lighter than traditional booms. At a recent refinery incident in California, 82 ft of T-Fence was deployed by two employees in less than 15 minutes, successfully containing the oil spill, HARBO said.