● Waterdown, Ontario / BESS & MESS© engineering

Energy storage — solutions simplified

Battery energy storage system experts and mobile energy storage system designers, with deployed systems across Canada and the USA — from data-centre BESS to large mobile fleets.

Experience
25+ years
Largest deployment
40 MW
Deployed in
Canada & USA
State of charge
100%

Fig. 02 — Statement

● From the president

Truly innovative companies are dedicated to the support of new technologies — and to supporting new businesses and partners in bettering our environment, our family homes, and our places of business and commerce.

Name
Dr David Forde
Title
President, 12 Energy
Credentials
PhD, PEng, CEng, MSc, BEng (Hons), FIET
Canadian affiliations
  • Professional Engineers Ontario
  • APEGA
  • The Institution of Engineering and Technology

● Scope of supply

From battery to service agreement

Comprehensive BESS hardware for data centres and large mobile systems — batteries through PCS and inverters, transformers and switchgear, to EMS packages and support services including long-term service arrangements (LTSA).

Control EMS packages Control and dispatch across the system
  1. Batteries Storage
  2. PCS / inverters Conversion
  3. Transformers Step-up
  4. Switchgear Protection
  5. Grid or load Point of connection
Service Support & LTSA Service for the life of the asset

● About 12 Energy

Twenty-five years in power and energy

Located in Ontario, 12 Energy Ltd brings over 25 years of electrical engineering knowledge and project management experience in the power and energy sectors, with a proven track record across industrial, commercial and applications projects — including solar integration and renewable energy programs.

Procurement plays a major role in the business model. Support staff and partners complete the organisation with excellent leverage, so clients get optimum quality products and service at the most efficient cost, in tenders and bid proposals alike.

Canadian based. Deployed across North America.

Strategic partnerships with local organisations keep overheads low, and a provincial network of delivery partners lets the economics speak for themselves. Beyond Canada, 12 Energy hold significant partnerships in the USA with global corporations and world-leading battery technologies.


● Clients & partners

Who we work with

  • ANC
  • Bell
  • Bird
  • Elocity
  • EllisDon
  • EVM Group
  • Gotion
  • Honeywell
  • Hook’d
  • KGPCo
  • Lock Hill Energy Services
  • Lytup
  • Nuvation Energy
  • Sungrow
  • Peak Power

● Solutions

Selected projects

Utility, data-centre and mobile storage — modelled, specified and delivered.

  • Sheet 02 of 04 Delivered

    A mobile battery energy storage system on a flatbed trailer

    World’s largest road-transportable energy solution

    United States

    Lead electrical consultants for a leading US developer of utility-scale mobile storage, contracted by a major US utility. At 3 MW and 12 MWh, it is currently the world’s largest mobile battery energy storage system.

    Capacity 3 MW / 12 MWh

  • Sheet 03 of 04 Deployed

    Under MNDA

    Mobile energy fleet solution

    Caribbean & North America

    Fleet-wide ESS developed and deployed across the Caribbean and North America. Every system is 100% modular and can be driven on all roads in the Americas without permits or special approvals.

    Due to the sensitive nature of these systems, project details are shared under mutual NDA.

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    Capacity 50–450 kW

  • Sheet 04 of 04 Deployed

    Under MNDA

    Global energy storage modular system

    Waterloo, Ontario

    A leading global electrical hardware manufacturer partnered with Nuvation Energy on a truly global modular storage solution. 12 Energy were lead consultants for the complete electrical design and its technical and electrical modularity.

    Due to the sensitive nature of these systems, project details are shared under mutual NDA.

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    Capacity Modular ESS

Fig. 05 — MESS© at launch
Dr David Forde presenting a 12 Energy MESS© unit on its trailer

● Product launch

MESS© — Mobile Energy Storage System

Trailer-mounted energy storage with intelligent Joule-Pinching© power control, built for construction sites, remote locations and outdoor work. Available to purchase, rent or lease.

  1. 1× monthly Refuelling, down from three times a week
  2. ≈3 min From arrival to power
  3. Truck-bed Fits an F-150 between the wheel wells
  4. ETL Approved · UL & ULc compliant · CSA pending
MESS© details

● Testimonials

In their words

Working with 12 Energy was a seamless experience. Their engineering team understood our power requirements immediately and delivered a solution that exceeded our expectations.

Jason Green Project Manager, VFG Holdings

12 Energy has been an outstanding partner for Lock Hill Energy Services. Their mobile energy storage solutions have transformed how we approach remote power challenges across Canada.

Ryan Bussard President, Lock Hill Energy Services Ltd.

● Our team

Who you deal with

Full biographies
Dr David Forde President & Principal Consultant

Licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario and Alberta, UK Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the IET — recognised globally for mobile ESS design and for bringing products and systems to market.

Scott Dawdy VP Operations & BD, Ontario

Thirty years of construction-centric experience, including systems integration on IO AFP DBFM projects such as Providence Care Hospital and Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital.

Barbara Devine Portfolio Manager

Decades leading high-performance sales teams, distribution channels and strategic partnerships across wireless, SaaS, managed and professional services.

Lance Bailey Business Manager

Twenty years of B2B business development, fifteen of them for Fortune 100 companies — now leading partnerships and sales across energy storage, critical power and data-centre infrastructure.


● Contact

Brochures, spec sheets and details

For system and product spec sheets, brochures or any other details, send us a note.

Corporate office
35 Main Street N
Waterdown, Ontario L8B 1R4, Canada

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Electrical engineering, project management and mobile energy storage. Waterdown, Ontario, Canada.

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