Testbeds and Platforms

Enabling Accessible, Best-in-Class Resources for Accelerating Energy Storage

A major bottleneck for the battery industry is the lack of locally accessible infrastructure. Often, companies are forced to look across the nation to develop a single battery prototype, dramatically slowing progress.

With an integrated set of testbeds, pilot lines, and support systems—spanning from early-stage R&D to full-scale validation—we offer the only complete end-to-end battery development ecosystem available in a single region in the nation.

Regional Assets Open to Partners

Cell Making

From lab to pilot-scale,
streamlined and scalable.

Develop, prototype, and scale battery cells with confidence. Our ecosystem supports every stage of production, from controlled-environment assembly and rapid prototyping to 30MWh pilot-scale output. We also enable cutting-edge, next-gen solid-state battery development.

Metrology

Advanced characterization,
down to the atomic level.

Gain deep insights into battery materials, interfaces, and failure modes. With cryogenic workflows, operando analysis, and high-resolution imaging, our tools span from focused ion beam and spectroscopy to synchrotron-based, real-time diagnostics, empowering data-driven design at every stage.

Safety Testing

Extreme conditions.
Regulatory-ready.

Test batteries and validate battery performance under real-world stress and extreme conditions. Our infrastructure supports thermal, mechanical, abuse and high-capacity cells testing, along with certified compliance testing, accelerating your path to product qualification and market deployment.

Learn More About NSF Testbeds

Coming Soon...

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RIT Safety Test Facility
A comprehensive facility for cell and module abuse testing and certification testing to launch early 2026

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Battery-NY Full Operations
Launch of the Battery-NY center in Johnson City in 2026, providing a first-of-its-kind facility for battery development and prototyping and developing batteries designed to support a variety of different battery cell formats and chemistries

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Advanced Dry-Room Capabilities
Co-development with Battery-NY, a "co-work" dry room for companies that will bridge the gap between bench-scale prototyping and demonstration-scale production

Ecosystem Resource Platform
A comprehensive AI-enabled one-stop source for all physical and intellectual energy storage assets in Upstate New York

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