The NPE Origin Story.
A vision rooted in energy sovereignty, environmental responsibility, and the belief that infrastructure must support both people and planet.
Standing Rock, 2016.
New Paradigm Energy was founded on the belief that the future of energy infrastructure must become more resilient, decentralized, intelligent, and community-aligned.
The company's origins trace back to the veterans movement in support of the Standing Rock Sioux during the Dakota Access Pipeline protests in 2016, where questions surrounding energy sovereignty, environmental responsibility, infrastructure vulnerability, and long-term sustainability became impossible to ignore.
Those experiences helped inspire a broader vision centered around the need for infrastructure systems capable of supporting both people and planet in a rapidly changing world shaped by climate instability, growing energy demand, and accelerating technological transformation.
- 2016Standing Rock
Founding team supports the Standing Rock Sioux during the Dakota Access Pipeline movement — surfacing questions of energy sovereignty, environmental responsibility, and infrastructure vulnerability.
- 2017Ocean State Community Energy
Launch of a two-year engagement on the Rhode Island Clean Energy and Grid Infrastructure project — partnering with Ocean State Community Energy to advance community-aligned clean energy and grid modernization across the state.
- 2018Vision takes shape
Early sustainability and renewable-transition work expands into a broader infrastructure thesis: resilient, decentralized, intelligent.
- 2020Aether research begins
Bladeless small-wind generation research tuned for the built environment begins in earnest.
- 2022Zephyr Mag-Lev generator
Ultra-low-friction generator development advances toward distributed microgrid integration.
- 2024SATIC Shield pilots
Power-quality and surge-protection pilots with infrastructure and facility partners.
- 2025Global footprint forms
Aether prototype build in Montana, R&D in Toronto, tribal partnership discussions in Eastern Washington, pilot opportunities in Scotland and Australia.
- 2026Intelligent infrastructure expansion
AI-enabled operational coordination across decentralized microgrid environments.
From vision to infrastructure.
In the years that followed, that vision evolved through sustainability initiatives, renewable transition planning, infrastructure research, and advanced energy systems exploration across multiple projects and regions.
New Paradigm Energy began expanding beyond traditional renewable energy concepts toward a more integrated infrastructure approach focused on intelligent operational systems, resilient decentralized energy networks, infrastructure analytics, advanced efficiency technologies, and next-generation coordination systems.
Today, the company is focused on helping shape the future of intelligent decentralized infrastructure through technologies and strategies designed to support more adaptive, sustainable, and resilient energy ecosystems for communities, organizations, and future infrastructure environments.