Our May EcoTuesday event featured a leader in kinetic energy technology, Aaron Lemieux Founder & CEO of Tremont Electric, and we were pleased to have him as our keynote. Aaron shared a powerful story of how he conceptualized and developed the renewable energy technology known as nPower®. The concept originated while Aaron was hiking the Appalachian Trail and he realized he was creating abundant kinetic energy through the consistent up-and-down movement of hiking.
Aaron then devised a technology, now patented as nPower®, that can harvest kinetic energy from motion which occurs in nature, ranging from human walking to Great Lake waves. The first application of nPower® technology is the nPower® PEG, personal energy generator. The nPower® PEG is the world’s first kinetic energy generator for charging hand-held electronics and it represents the type of marketable eco-innovation we all should respect.
The scalability of Aaron's innovation is a great point of excitement, as these units could be scaled downward or upward for a multitude of potential applications. Aaron spoke with enthusiasm and anticipation around the latest nPower® development effort - harnessing the kinetic energy of waves. nPower® WECs, wave energy converters, could be deployed in our own Lake Erie, harness the low-density wave energy, and provide a low-cost, large-scale renewable energy. This application of the nPower® technology is currently being modeled with the aid of multiple universities.
A final honor to note is that Aaron will soon be headed to California representing Cleveland as a finalist in the upcoming Sustainable Brands Innovation Open. We hope those of nearby sister cities of EcoTuesday might take a convenient opportunity to meet and greet this fascinating inventor and much appreciated speaker in person.
Aaron left us with a final ask - that we visit Tremont Electric’s website for the unique opportunity to be one of the first to own the renewable energy marvel, nPower® PEG, and invest in the future of kinetic energy generation. The nPower® PEG is now available for purchase at www.nPowerPEG.com.
