New Energy Expands Advisory Board to Advance Technologies to Generate Electricity from Vehicles in Motion

New Energy Technologies, Inc. announced the appointment of John Beakes Jr. to its advisory board, in order to further advance the development of the company’s recently prototyped MotionPower technology for generating electricity from otherwise wasted energy from cars in motion.

Beakes has many years of experience in engineering projects, and is a proven business executive, having previously served as president and co-founder of RWD Technologies, Inc. and executive vice president and COOof General Physics Corporation.Beakes’ assignments at both General Physics and RWD Technologies were during their formative periods, and he was involved in senior leadership positions as the organizations grew to greater than 1,000 employees, expanded to international markets, and had successful IPOs.

A former officer in the United States Navy’s nuclear submarine force, Beakes holds a M.S. degree in environmental engineering and B.S. with concentration in nuclear science.

“I am pleased to welcome Mr. Beakes to our team,” said Meetesh V. Patel, president and CEO of New Energy Technologies, Inc. “Recently, we announced development of our early MotionPower technology prototype. Now it’s time to propel our MotionPower energy harvesting technology along the advanced prototyping and commercialization pathway, and I’m confident that John’s engineering experience and business savvy will help us do so.”

Recently, New Energy Technologies, Inc. announced that engineers have successfully engineered and built the company’s first prototype MotionPower energy harvesting device – a novel, modular, mechanical system, engineered to exploit the energy traditionally wasted by moving cars and light vehicles in order to generate electricity. Engineers are in the process of further optimizing the efficiency of the MotionPower device in preparation for installations at high traffic locations such as toll booths, traffic intersections, rest areas, travel plazas, border crossings, and neighborhoods with traffic calming zones.

Once installed, engineers anticipate that MotionPower devices may be used to augment or replace conventional electrical supplies for powering roadway signs, street and building lights, storage systems for back-up and emergency power, and other electronics, appliances, and devices in homes and businesses.

“With nearly 250 million cars travelling America’s roadways, our MotionPower technology could serve as a clean source of valuable electricity. This is a transformational technology and I’m excited to see it move towards advanced development and commercialization with Mr. Beakes’ assistance,” concluded Patel.