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

Created on Monday, 09 January 2012 16:00

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Jill LeMieux, VP of Marketing

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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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