HERO Hub

HERO Hubs: Built to Perform

A HERO Hub pairs carbon-free generation — solar, wind, or other sources selected to fit each site's conditions — with battery storage and intelligent controls, delivering 24/7 uninterruptible power for the facilities that cannot afford to lose it.

Proven, not experimental

Purpose-built for critical operations.

HERO Hubs are not experimental. They combine industry-proven, commercial-grade clean generation and storage technologies with the same grid-forming, islanding, and control architecture used in the country's most demanding energy environments — engineered specifically for municipalities, hospitals, ports, military installations, and universities.

  • All-of-the-above clean generation: solar, wind, and other sources matched to each site
  • Long-duration energy storage (LDES) for multi-hour or multi-day resilience
  • Smart grid controls, standards-based interconnection, and grid-forming technology
  • Automatic islanding and black-start capability
  • Build America, Buy America (BABA) compliant
  • Modular, standardized design built for efficient engineering, procurement, and construction
Anatomy of a Hub

What's inside a HERO Hub.

Clean generation and long-duration storage, coordinated by intelligent controls, delivering power to the critical loads that cannot fail — and interconnecting with the grid when it's available.

Anatomy of a HERO Hub Clean generation and long-duration storage feed intelligent controls, which serve critical loads and interconnect with the grid. HERO HUB — NGE-OWNED SYSTEM Clean generation Long-duration storage Controls Critical loads Grid interconnection
Structure Energy & flow Community-owned Grid (context)
Standalone to networked

From standalone resilience to networked strength.

Each HERO Hub operates independently, powering its host facility whether connected to the grid or islanded during an outage. When multiple Hubs are networked together, they operate as a Virtual Power Plant: sharing power, balancing demand, and strengthening the wider grid from the community level up. If one node is disrupted, the others continue to operate.

Standalone to networked On the left, a single islanded hub serves four critical facilities. On the right, four hubs interconnect as a virtual power plant. STANDALONE HERO SchoolWater Fire / EMSTown hall grid NETWORKED · VIRTUAL POWER PLANT HEROHERO HEROHERO
Structure Energy & flow Community-owned Context
Blue sky, every day

Built for the outage. Working every day in between.

In normal operation — blue sky conditions — the system actively manages demand charges and may participate in demand-response programs, generating value for the facilities it serves. A HERO Hub is not a standby asset.

Black sky, when it matters

The same system islands instantly.

During a grid disruption — black sky conditions — the same system islands instantly, delivering uninterrupted power for as long as it's needed, without the fuel constraints of a traditional generator.

Who we serve

Critical facilities. Different missions. One solution.

Every organization we work with shares the same requirement: power that cannot fail. HERO Hubs shift these facilities from a defensive posture, dependent on finite backup fuel, to an active one, capable of generating value from clean energy every day, not just during an outage.

Staff and residents entering a municipal building with rooftop solar on a clear day.

Municipalities

Town halls, schools, water treatment facilities, public safety complexes, and libraries — the backbone of daily civic life — powered reliably and affordably, with a pathway to community ownership.

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Staff and visitors arriving at a modern hospital entrance in daylight.

Hospitals & Health Systems

Continuous power for operating rooms, ICUs, and diagnostics, without the voltage lag of traditional emergency generators. On-site generation and storage protect cold-chain pharmaceuticals and vaccines, and reduce reliance on diesel supply chains during extended outages.

Port workers in hard hats and high-visibility vests walking a container terminal with gantry cranes behind them.

Ports & Maritime

Grid failures freeze economic activity at ports. On-site generation keeps container cranes, automated sorting systems, and gate operations running, while dedicated battery dispatch protects refrigerated cargo and absorbs the demand spikes created by shore power and electrification.

Service members on a military installation in daylight.

Military & Defense

Mission assurance starts with energy security. HERO Hubs sever the vulnerabilities tied to external fuel convoys and pipeline disruptions, and, paired with long-duration storage, allow installations to operate independent of the civilian grid for extended periods.

Students crossing a campus plaza in front of a university building with rooftop solar.

Higher Education

Outages can destroy years of research data and disrupt residential campus life. On-site generation protects laboratories and data infrastructure, while positioning campuses to serve as community safe havens during regional emergencies.

Watch · Part 2

How a HERO Hub keeps critical facilities safely powered.

What the system does on an ordinary day, what happens the moment the grid goes down, and the safety engineering behind both.

Ready to explore what a HERO Hub could mean for your organization?