Abstract: A battery system and method is disclosed The battery system includes a plurality of battery modules configured to receive a current from a power supply and further configured to store and provide electrical energy from the power supply to a load. Each of the plurality of battery modules includes at least one battery and battery management circuitry (BMC) configured to monitor and detect data received from the at least one battery. The battery system further includes central control circuitry (CCC) configured to receive the data from each BMC. The control circuitry is configured to balance each of the plurality of the battery modules, wherein the control circuitry is configured to independently charge or discharge the at least one battery of each of the plurality of battery modules based on the data received from the BMC of each of the plurality of battery modules.