Sagaponack, NY (January 13, 2024) – For Larry Richenstein, CEO of energy harvesting company WePower Technologies, CES 2025 has served as complete validation for everything he has recently believed: that the world is finally ready for a viable, sustainable, and cost-effective alternative to traditional battery-power integration into IoT, Smart Home, and even lower-tech electronic devices.
Through the company’s Gemns™ Energy Harvesting Generator (EHG) product line, WePower provides fully sustainable energy output through the use of permanent, oscillating magnets capable of powering a broad range of devices, from lighting, smart home/smart office appliances and electronics to wireless sensors and transmitters in industrial, automotive, smart city and aerospace applications.
“In many ways, Gemns has, until now, been ahead of the market; but from what we’ve seen here at CES, all that is changing,” Richenstein said. “People and companies are only now recognizing the importance of energy harvesting and the opportunities it presents to produce better, greener, more reliable and longer lasting energy sources through which to power their devices.”
And nowhere is that more prevalent than in the water sensor marketplace.
“Here at CES, we have entered into negotiations with nine major brands in the smart home space, each of which intends to contract with us to license our technology and white label it into their water sensor products,” Richenstein said. “These are all big, well-known smart home brands. At the end of the day, these companies will receive the most reliable and robust water sensors ever designed, all of which will be integrated into their end-user product lines.”
According to Richenstein, these collaborations will be in place by late May or early June.
Interest has also been extensive within the light controller industry.
“This will be a major industry segment for us, as Europe has recently outlawed the use of traditional batteries in light switches beginning in August 2027,” Richenstein said. “As such, companies need to start planning now, and our technology provides the ideal alternative for power generation. With Europe already headed in this direction, the Americas can’t be far behind.”
Substantial interest in the Gemns product line has spanned other industries as well. “Lock companies, automakers, security systems, even elevator companies will all soon find themselves in need of power sources that don’t require the use of batteries,” Richenstein said.
With all this interest across multiple industries, it’s clear that the future of alternative power integration into IoT devices is indeed bright … and fortunately for Richenstein and WePower’s Gemns technology, that future is just around the corner.
About WePower Technologies:
WePower Technologies is a leader in energy harvesting solutions, utilizing electromagnetic induction to power IoT devices without the need for traditional batteries. By eliminating the cost, weight, maintenance, and disposal of billions of batteries each year, WePower offers a sustainable and efficient alternative for powering the connected world.
For more information, please visit: https://gemns.com/
