nPower® PEG not at CES 2012 because it’s not dirty enough

Created on Monday, 09 January 2012 16:00

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Cleveland, OH, January 9, 2012.  Despite receiving 2^nd place in the CEA iStage competition, being recognized as “one of the coolest gadgets” from CES 2011 and one of the “top 10 most innovative companies” in the consumer electronics industry by FastCompany. the nPower® PEG won’t be at CES 2012. 

Why?  Because the energy it produces isn’t filthy enough.

“Everyone is talking about green jobs, a clean energy future, and technology products to make it happen.  No one talks about the challenges of bringing to market a century old technology combined with cutting edge 21st century clean technology in today's economy,” says founder & CEO Aaron LeMieux.  “That's why Tremont Electric is not at CES 2012 - we are redesigning and improving the nPower® PEG on a shoestring in an environment rigged in favor of dirty energy.”

Despite endless lip service, public policy and politicians favor dirty energy at every level because dirty energy buys their support.  On New Year's Eve, there was a 4.0 magnitude earthquake in Youngstown, Ohio, the 11th over the past year, because there is more energy money spent in Ohio on fracking for fossil fuels and pumping the resulting toxic waste brine into the earth, than has been spent on clean energy, let alone kinetic energy.  Ohio is spending more energy money to literally create its own unprecedented earthquakes than to create clean energy and the jobs that go with it.

Venture capital favors instant returns over revolutionary change.  It isn't enough to create the miracle of usable electricity from no fuel with no emissions, a venture capitalist must see it also produce ten times his investment overnight.  Tremont Electric isn't in the overnight business, we are in the business of changing the world.

“We would love to be at CES 2012,” says LeMieux, “but instead we are spending the limited resources we have to improve this technology, because perfecting the generation of electricity from nothing but motion with no emissions is Tremont Electric's top priority.  We have soldiers defending America who rely on us, explorers in the wilderness who never step onto the trail without us, they are our priority, and we won't let them down.”

To keep up this fight, in November 2011, Tremont Electric partnered with an Ohio-based contract manufacturer with 40 years experience in manufacturing and design, to redesign the PEG from the ground up. We continue to work with the US Army to test and improve the technology. The new nPower® PEG contains a 2000mAh battery, which is double the capacity of the previous PEG’s battery. The sleek, redesigned exterior of the product is more portable, rugged, and it includes a loop to hook onto outdoor gear, luggage and backpacks. And, the product is still built in the USA, more specifically the Cleveland area, helping to support Tremont Electric’s local economy.

Consumers will have the opportunity to get their hands on the new nPower® PEG this spring, direct from Tremont Electric and through nPowerPEG.com for $169.99.

We invite all CES media to visit us in Cleveland, Ohio, for a tour of our facility, to meet our manufacturing partners, and to learn more about the challenges facing a clean energy startup. And we’d like to thank our friends at CES, the consumer electronics media corps, and all our partners & customers for their incredible support throughout our launch, as we work together toward a clean energy future. 

Tremont Electric – not filthy enough. And proud of it.

About Tremont Electric
Tremont Electric is a sustainable company that is dedicated to providing renewable energy to consumers around the world through the patented nPower® technology. nPower’s® unique method of generating environmentally friendly electricity positions Tremont Electric as the technology leader in kinetic energy harvesting. nPower® technology is scalable and provides a range of product opportunities from small, implantable biomedical generators, to human-motion powered generators, to large commercial scale wave energy converters. www.nPowerPEG.com

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Tremont Electric Partners with Delta Systems to Develop & Manufacture the New nPower® PEG

Created on Monday, 09 January 2012 15:58

Cleveland, OH, November 15, 2011. With demand exceeding supply for the nPower® PEG, the world’s first passive kinetic energy charger for hand-held electronic devices, Tremont Electric has entered a partnership with award winning Ohio contract manufacturer, Delta Systems, Inc., to redesign and assemble a new, redesigned nPower® PEG.

Delta Systems, with nearly 40 years manufacturing and design experience, will handle supply chain logistics, assembly, and quality control from their Streetsboro, Ohio facility. In 2010, Delta Systems ranked #9 in Quality Magazine’s Quality Leadership 100 list of top manufacturers.

“We are thrilled to work with Tremont Electric in the clean energy space, and keep these jobs in Ohio and the USA,” said Elizabeth Barry, President and CEO of Delta Systems. “The nPower® PEG is a game changing device – in the consumer market, the military market, and potentially in commercial scale production of electricity. We look forward to launching the new nPower® PEG in spring 2012, to provide clean electricity to costumers when they’re off the grid.”

Responding to customer input, the new nPower® PEG features a standard 2000mAh battery, double the capacity of the previous PEG. The sleek, rugged, more portable redesigned exterior includes a loop to hook onto outdoor gear, luggage, and backpacks.  The new nPower® PEG will be available through nPowerPEG.com for $169.99.  

About Tremont Electric
Tremont Electric is a sustainable company that is dedicated to providing renewable energy to consumers around the world through the patented nPower® technology. nPower’s® unique method of generating environmentally friendly electricity positions Tremont Electric as the technology leader in kinetic energy harvesting. nPower® technology is scalable and provides a range of product opportunities from small, implantable biomedical generators, to human-motion powered generators, to large commercial scale wave energy converters. www.nPowerPEG.com

For more information or hi-res images, please contact:
Jill LeMieux, VP or Marketing 216-513-5603 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

IBM to study wave energy impact

Created on Monday, 07 November 2011 17:00

IBM is studying the environmental impact of wave energy harvesting off the coast of Ireland.

Specifically, IBM is contributing sensors, a communications infrastructure and real-time data analytics capabilities that are hosted and processed in the cloud.

Here's a link to the Galway Bay test site where the research will be conducted.

Aaron Lemieux joins Sierra Club for SB221 Enforcement

Created on Wednesday, 02 November 2011 16:49

Tremont Electric founder and CEO Aaron LeMieux joined the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign and community leaders to call on First Energy to comply with Ohio's SB221 goals for clean energy.  Here's video from this story in the Cleveland Leader.

More coverage in EcoWatch.

Aaron LeMieux will join Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign for SB221 enforcement

Created on Friday, 28 October 2011 16:39

In 2008, Ohio passed SB221 to move Ohio electricity production toward green energy.  The Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign will hold a press conference on Tuesday, November 1, at Willard Park in downtown Cleveland, to ask the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to enforce SB221's clean energy standards, and help foster clean energy innovation in Northeast Ohio.

Our founder, inventor, and CEO Aaron LeMieux, will join the Sierra Club and members of the community, including Cleveland City Councilman Brian Cummins, to call on the PUCO to enforce SB221.  

"Ohio energy company shareholders have an opportunity to lead the market for clean energy, by investing in new, cleaner ways to produce electricity," said LeMieux.  "For example, as an electricity provider in the industrial Midwest, First Energy is perfectly positioned to not only provide their customers with clean energy while complying with SB221, but also create the manufacturing jobs their customers need.  Tremont Electric stands ready to work in partnership toward all those goals."

Aaron LeMieux invented the patented nPower® kinetic energy harvesting technology, after seeking a solution for saddle sores while hiking the Appalchian Trail in 1996.  A mechanical engineer, LeMieux worked in business crisis management and turnaround, before founding in 2007 Tremont Electric, creator of the nPower® Personal Energy Generator (PEG), the world's first passive kinetic energy recharging device for personal hand-held electronics, and the patented nPower® Wave Energy Converter (WEC), a commercial scale application for harvesting the kinetic energy of waves on open water, such as Lake Erie, to pump clean, zero emissions electricity to the grid.

UK increases wave energy support

Created on Thursday, 20 October 2011 19:17

The British government continues its support of wave energy technology.

Claire Gibson, general manager at WaveHub, said it would boost the development of wave energy machines.  She said the proposal "helps close the economic viability gap, which remains the biggest stumbling block to the commercial deployment of wave devices." 

Wave energy was a clear winner in the UK government's recent re-think of subsidies for green energy, which cut support for other technologies.

There were also a few clear winners – chiefly tidal and wave energy, which will receive five renewable obligation certificates for each megawatt (MW) on smaller schemes. However, bigger installations – above 30MW – will receive only two. Renewable obligation certificates are the means by which low-carbon energy is subsidised – energy companies buy them from developers to fulfil their legal obligations to generate green power.

Tremont Electric's nPower® Wave Energy Converter, recently patented, is well placed to take advantage of the growing support for clean energy from the waves of the ocean.