Solace Power Inc. has released the latest version of its wireless recharging technology, creating a “workhorse” product that customers can install easily.

Based in Mount Pearl, NL, Solace launched Equus35, the first in a family of complete wireless charging solutions, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this month. The new product delivers 35 watts of power across gaps of more than 10 centimeters.

Solace Power specializes in wireless power – that is, delivering electrical energy to batteries or devices without any wires attached to them. Until now, it has worked on projects for specific customers, such as Boeing and data solutions company Byrne, and then licensed the technology to them.  Now it is offering Equus35 to allow other customers quicker access to the technology.

“Solace’s Equus extends wireless power beyond convenience for consumer electronics,” said Solace CEO Michael Gotlieb in a statement. “This workhorse technology unlocks wireless power as a solution to real-world challenges for designers who are re-architecting power environments.”

Added a company spokesperson in an email: “Through Equus, we have accelerated going to market with a commercial product, that results in a lower cost and shorter time-to-market for customers.  It means that more industries will be able to take advantage of wireless power in their product design, through a more standard, simple offering. “

Solace said it has made a series of breakthroughs in developing wireless technology, enabling single- and multi-device power transfers that do not heat surrounding metal.

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The Equus35, which is designed to excel in harsh, low variability environments, can be used for industrial and warehouse automation, automotive systems, portable medical devices, reconfigurable furniture as well as traditional wireless power applications.

“This commercial release opens years of Solace Power research and successful integration into some of the world’s most demanding power-transfer environments,” said Gotlieb.

He added the company is planning additional product releases later this year.

Now with 36 employees, Solace has been growing rapidly in recent years. In October, it brought in Gotlieb in the fall to work with Founder and President Kris McNeil. In the second half of 2017, Solace Power announced a total of $3.3 million in government financing and a US$2.3 million investment from Lockheed Martin.

The company is now raising a Series A round of financing, which the spokesperson said is going well.

“We are in discussion with a number of strategic investors,” said the spokesperson. “The capital will enable us to expand our team to include additional resources in engineering, business development, and operations.”