About Beech Creek Power & Energy

Our Vision

Core Capabilities

Core Capabilities

We are defining the future of tactical power and resilient microgrid architecture — delivering dependable energy to mission-critical operators wherever the grid fails, infrastructure collapses, or conditions demand it.

We engineer fully integrated systems — combining generation, energy storage, controls, protection, and distribution — into

We are defining the future of tactical power and resilient microgrid architecture — delivering dependable energy to mission-critical operators wherever the grid fails, infrastructure collapses, or conditions demand it.

We engineer fully integrated systems — combining generation, energy storage, controls, protection, and distribution — into modular, deployable platforms purpose-built for the edge. Our solutions reduce generator dependence, cut fuel burden, and sustain operational endurance through transitions, contingencies, and prolonged islanded operations.

From the LOTaPS (Low Observable Tactical Power System) to the MPTaPS (Man Portable Tactical Power System), we are establishing ourselves as the integrator of choice for adaptable, globally deployable hybrid power systems — built for the missions that cannot afford to go dark.

Core Capabilities

Core Capabilities

Core Capabilities

 

 Our engineers have developed advanced tactical power and resilient microgrid solutions for high-consequence environments where reliable energy is not optional — it is mission-critical.

We design and integrate deployable hybrid energy architectures that bring together generation, storage, controls, protection, and distribution into modula

 

 Our engineers have developed advanced tactical power and resilient microgrid solutions for high-consequence environments where reliable energy is not optional — it is mission-critical.

We design and integrate deployable hybrid energy architectures that bring together generation, storage, controls, protection, and distribution into modular, field-ready systems engineered to perform where the grid ends — in austere, degraded, off-grid, and expeditionary conditions.

Our capabilities span the full lifecycle: mission-driven power architecture development, hybrid dispatch and runtime optimization, modular packaging for global deployment, and end-to-end system integration from design through commissioning. Every solution we deliver targets reduced generator dependence, lower fuel burden, and sustained operational endurance — through transitions, contingencies, and long-duration islanded operations.

Core focus areas include:

  • LOTaPS — Low Observable Tactical Power System
  • MPTaPS — Man Portable Tactical Power System
  • Containerized and man-portable microgrid integration
  • Large-capacity microgrid development and EPC integration — delivering turnkey engineering, procurement, and construction for fixed, semi-fixed, and expeditionary installations requiring scalable, high-availability power infrastructure
  • Controls and protection coordination
  • Resilience-focused engineering for interoperability, sustainment, and scale

Our systems are built on open, modular integration principles and aligned to MIL-STD-3071 interoperability objectives — giving customers adaptable, future-proof architectures instead of closed, vendor-locked dependencies.

Our Solutions

Core Capabilities

Our Solutions

 

 We develop advanced tactical power and resilient microgrid solutions for defense, government, and mission-critical operations where energy reliability directly determines mission outcome.

Our work centers on deployable hybrid energy architectures that integrate generation, Graphene Solid State Battery Energy Storage, power conversion, co

 

 We develop advanced tactical power and resilient microgrid solutions for defense, government, and mission-critical operations where energy reliability directly determines mission outcome.

Our work centers on deployable hybrid energy architectures that integrate generation, Graphene Solid State Battery Energy Storage, power conversion, controls, protection, and distribution into modular systems engineered for austere environments, degraded-grid events, expeditionary operations, and high-consequence missions where failure is not an option.

At the core of this work are two complementary power architectures: LOTaPS and MPTaPS. LOTaPS supports larger deployable, expeditionary, and mission-support applications, while MPTaPS provides man-portable power for small teams operating beyond primary support. Together, they are designed to reduce generator hours, shrink fuel demand, preserve operational endurance, and give commanders dependable power when mobility, survivability, and mission assurance are on the line.

Where most power solutions stop at delivery, our approach goes further. These systems are built for integration, architected around open, modular principles and aligned, where applicable, to MIL-STD-3071 interoperability objectives so diverse components can operate as a unified, controllable power system. The result is cleaner integration paths, greater upgrade flexibility, reduced vendor lock, and a more durable foundation for future mission growth.

From man-portable configurations to containerized deployable systems and larger microgrid EPC integration, the focus remains constant: practical engineering, repeatable modules, clean interfaces, and sustainment-minded design that can be deployed, integrated, evolved, and trusted mission after mission.

Graphene Solid-State Energy Storage (GSS): A New Standard In Tactical Energy

GRAPHENE SOLID STATE BESS & MISSION-GOVERNED MICROGRIDS

 

What Is Graphene?

 

Graphene is a single atomic layer of carbon atoms arranged in a two-dimensional lattice — one of the most electrically conductive, thermally efficient, and structurally capable materials ever studied. Its properties are not incremental improvements over conventional materials; they represent a fundamental shift in what energy storage can deliver.

In practical energy storage terms, those properties translate directly to mission value: faster recharge cycles, superior thermal stability, extended service life, and consistent performance under the conditions that degrade conventional battery chemistries — heat, cold, sustained draw, and repeated deep cycling.

For Beech Creek Power & Energy, graphene is not a marketing claim. It is a material-level advantage embedded in our energy architecture — one that makes our systems more resilient, more operationally relevant, and better suited to the demands of high-consequence missions where power density, reliability, and longevity are non-negotiable.


Beech Creek Power & Energy Graphene Solid-State Battery Energy Storage System


Beech Creek Power & Energy integrates a graphene solid-state Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) as a foundational element of its tactical microgrid architecture — purpose-built for U.S. military and mission-critical operations where energy resilience, safety, and operational flexibility are non-negotiable.

This is not a consumer battery adapted for field use. It is a purpose-engineered storage solution designed from the ground up for expeditionary and high-consequence environments — where heat, cold, sustained draw, and operational unpredictability expose the limits of conventional chemistries.

The graphene solid-state BESS does not operate in isolation. It functions as a core, deeply integrated component within a broader tactical power architecture — working in concert with generation, controls, protection, and distribution to deliver a unified, controllable, and resilient energy system built for the demands of modern military operations.

 

Rapid Charge. Long-Duration Discharge


 This principle sits at the center of everything Beech Creek Power & Energy builds. Our systems are engineered to capture energy aggressively when sources are available — then deliver it in a controlled, sustained manner across extended opera
Why GSS Is Superior to Lithium for Tactical Military Operationstional periods where generation may be limited, interrupted, or tactically undesirable.

The result is a fundamentally different operational posture: sustained mission loads supported without constant generator dependence, reduced downtime between available power windows, and a system that keeps operators in control of their energy rather than at the mercy of fuel supply and generator runtime.

 

Why GSS Is Superior to Lithium for Tactical Military Operations


For tactical military operations, graphene solid-state energy storage offers meaningful advantages over conventional lithium-based systems. Lithium-ion may work well in many commercial applications, but it also carries known concerns tied to thermal runaway risk, demanding thermal management, and degradation under repeated high-stress use. Beech Creek Power & Energy’s graphene solid-state approach offers a more mission-relevant combination of safety, durability, thermal stability, and operational resilience. In tactical environments, those differences matter.

 

Patent-Pending Architecture and Generator Runtime Compression

 

Beech Creek Power & Energy's technology development is backed by two U.S. provisional patent application filings covering complementary and mutually reinforcing aspects of mission-governed microgrid architecture.

The first patent-pending architecture addresses generator runtime compression, engineered recharge headroom, and reduced acoustic, thermal, and electromagnetic persistence. Rather than treating generators as continuously running load-following machines — an approach that wastes fuel, accelerates wear, and increases detectability — this architecture deploys energy storage, power conversion, and supervisory control to sustain loads during generator-off periods and recharge stored energy during shorter, more controlled run windows. The generator runs when it should. It is silent when it shouldn't.

The second patent-pending architecture introduces a physics-informed AI/ML Digital Twin for microgrid supervision. This system supports real-time situational awareness, reserve prediction, and confidence-gated decision support — while preserving deterministic fallback and full operator authority when telemetry degrades, communications are disrupted, cyber trust is compromised, or operating conditions move outside normal bounds. Intelligence that knows when to step back is as important as intelligence that steps forward.

Together, these architectures give operational form to the doctrine that runs through all of Beech Creek Power & Energy's research: microgrids are not collections of disconnected equipment — they are governed energy ecosystems. The mission is to reduce fuel waste, preserve critical loads, improve power quality, compress generator runtime, and give operators trusted, resilient control precisely when normal infrastructure is degraded, constrained, or unavailable.

 

AI/ML Digital Twin


 Our vision is to advance mission-governed microgrid architectures that help operators manage energy as a controllable operational asset rather than a static utility. By integrating generation, Graphene Solid State Battery Energy Storage, power conversion, protected distribution, telemetry, cybersecurity, and physics-informed AI/ML Digital Twin supervision, Beech Creek Power & Energy is building resilient energy systems that can monitor performance, forecast demand, preserve reserve, reduce unnecessary generator runtime, support deterministic fallback, and maintain trusted operator authority when conditions are degraded, constrained, or unavailable. 

 

Mission-Aligned Tactical Power

 

Beech Creek Power & Energy brings together Graphene Solid State Battery Energy Storage, patent-pending runtime-compression architecture, and physics-informed AI/ML Digital Twin integration into mission-governed microgrid solutions for defense, critical infrastructure, remote power, and degraded-grid environments. The result is a smarter, more resilient energy architecture designed to reduce unnecessary generator runtime, preserve fuel, improve power quality, support operator decision-making, and maintain critical function when normal infrastructure is constrained, degraded, or unavailable. This is not just energy storage. It is governed power architecture built for real operational consequence.

Deployable hybrid power for mission-resilient operations.

Hybrid Power Built for Real Operations

Deployable hybrid power gives commanders, operators, and critical-infrastructure teams a controllable power margin that is packaged to move, set, and operate with minimal setup. Instead of overbuilding with extra generators or accepting fragile single points of failure, hybrid architectures combine generation, Graphene Solid State Battery Energy Storage, power conversion, controls, and protected distribution into one coordinated system.

The result is power that can absorb surges, stabilize the bus, support priority loads, reduce unnecessary generator runtime, simplify fuel planning, and strengthen sustainment when conditions are austere, degraded, off-grid, or operationally uncertain. 

Man Portable Tactical Power Systems (MPTaPS)

 

 

Man-Portable Tactical Power System (MPTaPS)

Organic Power for Small Teams Operating Beyond the Edge


MPTaPS is a low-observable, man-portable hybrid power system designed for small teams operating detached from primary support. It provides clean, conditioned power without continuous generator dependence, reducing acoustic, thermal, electromagnetic, and fuel-logistics exposure where mobility and survivability matter most.

Small teams often face a hard tradeoff: generate power and accept detection risk, or limit capability to remain concealed. Continuous generator operation creates signature, consumes fuel, adds maintenance burden, and increases resupply exposure. Basic battery-box solutions may reduce noise, but they often lack the controls, protection, recharge discipline, and interoperability required for mission systems.

MPTaPS removes that constraint by giving teams organic, deployable power they control.

The system is built around a modular hybrid architecture packaged into man-portable units of 160 pounds or less, supporting rapid emplacement, repositioning, and recovery by small elements. It integrates Graphene Solid State Battery Energy Storage, intelligent power management, protected distribution, and conditioned AC/DC output to support rapid recharge, stable power delivery, repeated cycling, and dependable performance in demanding operational environments.

MPTaPS operates on a runtime-compression model. Energy is replenished during short, controlled recharge windows from vehicle, generator, grid, or higher-echelon power, then stored energy supports extended low-signature operation without continuous generation. This aligns power production with mission timing instead of forcing constant exposure.

The architecture is designed for open, modular integration and aligned, where applicable, with MIL-STD-3071 interoperability objectives so it can operate as a standalone team-level power asset or integrate into larger tactical microgrid environments.

Low Observable Tactical Power System (LOTaPS)

Low-signature Power in a Box.

 

 

Low Observable Tactical Power System (LOTaPS)



LOTaPS is Beech Creek Power & Energy’s deployable hybrid power architecture for expeditionary and high-consequence environments where endurance, signature control, and electrical stability must be managed together. The architecture integrates generation, Graphene Solid State Battery Energy Storage, power conversion, protected distribution, and supervisory controls into modular building blocks that can be transported, deployed, paralleled, and scaled according to mission need.

LOTaPS is designed to reduce unnecessary generator runtime by using stored energy to support peak demand, transient events, priority loads, and low-signature operating windows. When generation is required, the system shifts the generator into shorter, more efficient recharge periods instead of continuous low-load operation. This runtime-compression model helps preserve fuel, reduce engine hours, lower maintenance burden, and improve endurance while maintaining stable, conditioned power.

Signature reduction is treated as a core design objective. By reducing continuous generator operation and controlling recharge windows, LOTaPS can reduce acoustic and thermal persistence compared to generator-dominant architectures. The system is also designed with EMI-aware integration principles, including controlled switching behavior, filtered power conversion, grounding and bonding discipline, cable-management practices, and enclosure-level protection to support sensitive loads in constrained electromagnetic environments.

LOTaPS is supported by Beech Creek Power & Energy’s patent-pending runtime-compression and AI/ML Digital Twin architecture. The supervisory control approach is intended to coordinate generation, storage, power electronics, reserve posture, load priority, and fallback behavior so the system can operate predictably through transitions, contingencies, degraded conditions, and sustained islanded operation.

RuckSack-TaPS (RSTaPS)

Mission Power in Your Rucksack

 

 

RuckSack-TaPS


 RuckSack-TaPS is an ultra-lightweight tactical power architecture designed to provide organic energy capability at the individual-operator level. Weighing less than 15 pounds while delivering approximately 0.92 kWh of usable energy storage, the system is intended for reconnaissance teams, communications operators, sensor emplacement missions, unmanned-system support, and other low-signature operations where endurance, mobility, and energy independence are critical.

Unlike traditional battery-carry approaches that treat energy as a consumable, RuckSack-TaPS treats energy as a managed operational resource. The architecture combines Graphene Solid State Battery Energy Storage, intelligent power management, conditioned power output, and mission-aware energy governance into a compact package designed to move with the operator rather than remain tied to vehicles, generators, or fixed support elements.

The system is intentionally based on Graphene Solid State Battery Energy Storage rather than conventional lithium-ion storage. This provides a more mission-appropriate safety posture for dismounted and expeditionary use, with improved thermal stability, reduced propagation risk, and better suitability for rough handling, transport, and austere operating environments where storage safety and operator confidence matter.

RuckSack-TaPS is designed to power radios, communications equipment, sensors, computing devices, charging systems, and other mission-essential electronics while maintaining a low acoustic, thermal, and electromagnetic profile. The system can be recharged from vehicle power, expeditionary generators, renewable energy sources, or higher-echelon power systems, providing flexible energy sustainment across diverse operational environments.

As the smallest member of Beech Creek Power & Energy's tactical power family, RuckSack-TaPS extends the same principles found in MPTaPS and LOTaPS: runtime compression, reduced fuel dependence, lower operational signature, and resilient mission-governed power. The result is a lightweight, operator-carried energy capability that delivers nearly one kilowatt-hour of portable power without sacrificing mobility, safety, or survivability.

Mission-Resilient Hybrid Power Architecture

Hybrid Power Architecture and Modular Interconnection

 

 

Beech Creek Power & Energy engineers hybrid power as a complete electrical architecture built around a governed AC and/or DC bus, coordinated power conversion, protective relaying, and supervisory control. The system is designed to behave predictably across step loads, motor starts, fault events, grid transitions, and islanded operation by managing voltage, frequency, phase, power quality, and reserve posture in real time. For Beech Creek, hybridization is not just an energy-storage decision. It is a controls, protection, and power-quality discipline.

Our modular power-block approach packages generation, Graphene Solid State Battery Energy Storage, bidirectional power conversion, protected distribution, and control into repeatable building blocks that scale by paralleling rather than redesign. We support AC-coupled and DC-coupled configurations and architect systems for grid-following or grid-forming behavior where required, enabling black-start, islanded operation, synchronization, controlled retransfer, and stable operation across variable load profiles.

In AC-coupled designs, the bidirectional PCS provides fast transient support, frequency and voltage regulation, and energy shifting so the generator can operate in efficient recharge windows instead of chasing every load fluctuation. In DC-coupled designs, sources and storage share a managed DC link to reduce conversion stages, improve transient response, and simplify integration of diverse assets. This approach supports runtime compression, reserve preservation, and stable power delivery across mission-critical and degraded-grid environments.

Interconnection is executed through standardized electrical and control interfaces at defined bus voltages, including common configurations such as 480/277V three-phase and 208/120V. Power balancing is handled through layered control: fast inner-loop regulation in the PCS, mid-loop behavior such as droop or virtual inertia where required, and supervisory dispatch that governs ramp-rate limits, minimum generator loading, storage limits, load priority, contingency reserves, and deterministic fallback.

Protection is engineered alongside controls through fault studies, breaker coordination, inverter-aware protective functions, grounding and bonding discipline, and staged under-frequency or under-voltage load shedding aligned to mission priorities. The result is a modular hybrid power architecture that scales cleanly, interconnects predictably, and keeps critical loads online through degraded-grid, off-grid, and sustained islanded conditions.

About

Michael S. Berger

  

Founder & CEO

 

Beech Creek Power & Energy was founded by Michael S. Berger, a retired military Intelligence Operator / Combat Targeteer and defense industry executive with more than two decades of experience across C5ISR, combat targeting, operational planning, logistics, program management, and mission-critical system support.

Michael founded Beech Creek Power & Energy on a clear operating principle: power is not merely a support function; it is a mission system. In defense, emergency response, critical infrastructure, artificial intelligence, and community resilience environments, power determines endurance, mobility, survivability, continuity, and freedom of action.

His background is rooted in operational environments where communications, sensing, targeting, mobility, survivability, and power reliability are tightly connected. That perspective shapes the company’s approach to resilient energy architecture, deployable microgrids, hybrid power systems, generator runtime reduction, Graphene Solid State Battery Energy Storage integration, and mission-focused power planning.

Beech Creek Power & Energy is built to solve practical power problems with disciplined engineering, operational realism, and field-focused integration. The company’s work centers on reducing fuel waste, improving system endurance, supporting modular power architectures, and helping military, government, commercial, and mission-critical customers operate with greater resilience under constrained, contested, or degraded power conditions.

Michael has authored technical papers including Smarter Fossil: A Practical Argument for Reducing Fuel Waste Without Pretending Fuel Disappears Overnight, Solving for Energy Advantage: A Seven-Pillar Roadmap for Building Resilient Energy Ecosystems in the Age of AI, Defense Electrification, and Community Grid Stress, and Mission-Energy Homeostasis / Allostasis: The Self-Regulating Control Doctrine for Resilient Energy Ecosystems. His writing focuses on fuel discipline, resilient energy architecture, defense electrification, grid stress, physics-informed AI/ML Digital Twin supervision, confidence-gated control, and mission assurance.

He has also developed founder-led energy architecture concepts protected through U.S. provisional patent applications covering survivability-optimized hybrid power architecture, generator runtime compression, and physics-informed digital twin control for mission-governed microgrids.

As Founder and CEO, Michael leads Beech Creek Power & Energy with a focus on practical execution, technical credibility, and operational value. The company is not built around technology for technology’s sake. It is built around a mission need: delivering resilient, intelligent, and adaptable power solutions when reliable energy matters most.

Publications

 

Smarter Fossil

A Practical Argument for Reducing Fuel Waste Without Pretending Fuel Disappears Overnight

This paper explores a realistic approach to energy resilience by focusing on smarter fuel use instead of unrealistic “all-or-nothing” energy transitions. It examines how hybrid power systems, energy storage, and intelligent controls can reduce generator runtime, preserve fuel, lower operational costs, and improve resilience across defense, municipal, and critical infrastructure environments.

Solving for Energy Advantage

A Seven-Pillar Roadmap for Building Resilient Energy Ecosystems in the Age of AI, Defense Electrification, and Community Grid Stress

This paper presents a strategic roadmap for the future of resilient energy systems. It introduces a seven-pillar architecture centered on hybrid power, AI/ML digital-twin supervisory control, protected distribution, modularity, cybersecurity, safer technology integration, and grid-interactive flexibility. The paper argues that future energy advantage will come from disciplined control, survivability, and coordinated energy ecosystems rather than disconnected equipment.

Mission-Energy Homeostasis / Allostasis

Operational Doctrine for Governed Energy Systems Under Stress

This paper introduces the control philosophy and operational doctrine behind resilient energy ecosystems. It explains how energy systems should sense, adapt, prioritize, degrade gracefully, recover, and maintain mission continuity during abnormal or degraded conditions. The focus is on bounded AI/ML supervision, deterministic fallback, human authority, and maintaining critical operations through disciplined, governed control under stress.

Executive Summary

This executive summary introduces the three-paper series as one connected energy doctrine. It explains how the papers move from reducing unnecessary fuel waste, to building resilient energy architecture, to governing that architecture through trusted supervisory control. Its purpose is to help the reader understand the full framework before reading the individual papers. 



Fossil Fuel_Microgrids Smarter (pdf)

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