ChargeWheel

More power behind the meter. No utility upgrade.

UpGrid is a modular BESS (battery energy storage system) that amplifies your existing grid 5–10×. UL-certified. Deploys in 90 days.

The problem

The grid is slow. Your projects aren't.

If you're expanding AI compute, electrifying a fleet, or adding industrial capacity, you've already hit the same bottleneck: utility service that can't scale on your timeline.

Time to power
0 years ───────→ 10 years
Your project with UpGrid~90 days
PO → commissioned
Power transformer lead time~143 weeks
Up 24× in 5 years
Utility interconnection4–10 years
And only 13% reach operation
0 yr246810 yr
2,300 GW
US interconnection queue

10,300+ projects waiting for utility capacity to come online.

13%
Projects reach operation

Share of queued projects that actually make it to commercial ops (2000–2019).

$20/kW·mo
Typical demand charge

Peak-pricing penalty — compounds with every new charger, rack, or production line.

The solution

UpGrid collapses your power stack.

A modular battery system behind your meter. Charges off-peak, dispatches on demand, keeps your meter draw flat — while your racks, chargers, or production lines get all the power they need.

Inside the cabinet
Modular BESS · behind-the-meter · DC-coupled
Utility grid
Variable · capped at meter
Charge · off-peak
UpGrid cabinet
186 – 373 kWh · modular
LFP battery
Multi-hour
Supercap
< 1 ms
SiC PCS
Bidirectional
UpGrid OS
AI dispatch
Charges off-peak · dispatches on demand · rides through transients
Dispatch · on demand
Your loads
Racks · GPUs
EV chargers
Production lines
Clean · amplified 5 – 10×
What the utility meter sees
Flat · well-behaved · below tariff ceiling

5–10× amplification

Utility meter1 MW
Behind the meter5 – 10 MW
up to 10×

The meter doesn't change. Your behind-the-meter capacity grows 5 to 10 times over — enough to unblock almost any expansion.

90-day deployment

Grid capacity upgrade12 – 18 mo
UpGrid90 days
06 mo12 mo18 mo

Site survey to commissioning. No utility queue. No transformer wait. No AC switchgear rebuild, no downtime on existing loads.

Fully UL certified

UL 1973UL 9540AUL 2202NFPA 855CSA
AHJ-ready packet · day one
Shipped

UL 1973 battery safety, UL 9540A fire safety, UL 2202 charger safety, plus CSA for Canadian deployment. Your AHJ won't blink.

Deployment

Purchase order to commissioned in 90 days.

No utility approvals. No transformer lead time. Your existing AC service stays in place; we deliver amplified capacity behind it.

  1. Week 0–2

    Site survey + design

    Our engineers profile your load curve, tariff structure, and electrical room. Output: system spec, single-line diagram, and signed quote.

  2. Week 2–8

    Manufacturing + ship

    Production on our UL-validated line. Freight to your site by sea or air.

  3. Week 8–11

    Install + commission

    Pad, conduit, and AC tie-in by your local subcontractor. Our field engineers commission UpGrid OS and integrate with your EMS or BMS.

  4. Week 12+

    Live + monitored

    Remote monitoring from day one. On-site service network for warranty events. SaaS dashboard active for your ops team.

Why ChargeWheel

The battery platform your project was waiting for.

Four advantages that matter on your site — not in a deck. Every one is something you measure on the meter, in the bill, or on the deployment schedule.

Native 800V DC — no inverter penalty.

AC-coupled BESS~85%
UpGrid native 800V DC~92%
End-to-end efficiency+7 pp

Most batteries are AC-coupled and convert twice between battery and load. UpGrid ships native 800V DC — NVIDIA's high-voltage-DC reference — for ~5% higher efficiency and fewer failure points.

One cabinet replaces three systems.

UPS
BESS
Diesel
collapse
UpGrid
1 cabinet
Vendors / contracts3 → 1

Legacy sites run three stacks: UPS for ride-through, BESS for peak shaving, diesel for backup. UpGrid consolidates all three in one cabinet. One vendor, one service contract.

Behind-the-meter, no utility approval.

Utility side
Queue · permits
·meter·
Your side
All UpGrid
happens here
Utility approvals0

All UpGrid amplification happens behind your meter. Skip the interconnection queue, the transformer order, the switchgear rebuild. You deploy on your schedule, not the grid's.

AHJ packet ready on day one.

AHJ submittal
UL 1973UL 9540AUL 2202NFPA 855CSA
Signed off, day oneShipped

Every cabinet ships with a submittal packet your Authority Having Jurisdiction (fire marshal, plan reviewer) already recognizes: UL 1973, UL 9540A, UL 2202, NFPA 855 setback, CSA for Canada.

Get started

Book a site assessment.

Tell us about your site or project. We'll come back with a system spec, deployment timeline, and ROI model within a week.

Your note routes straight to our engineering team.