You’ve probably thought about a backup power supply for your home or business, maybe the last time a storm knocked out the electricity for four hours or four days. Dory Power, a startup launched from the Case School of Engineering, is offering a different kind of home generator: A quiet, powerful, solar-friendly battery.

Professor Chris Yuan, a battery specialist in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, founded the company to develop and market his alternative to gasoline-powered generators. Dory offers a clean, portable, electric generator based on lithium-ion technologies. Not much bigger than a carry-on suitcase (wheels included), it can supply critical power for days and, if needed, recharge in the sunlight.

To pursue his super battery, Yuan tapped megawatts of Case talent. That includes Emeritus Professor Ken Loparo, PhD ’77, who serves as chief scientist at the company headquarters inside a former manufacturing plant in Euclid. A specialist in power systems and grids as a professor, Loparo is now focused on a battery startup that shows the potential of portable power.

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