SESAME SOLAR, INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: AF211-CSO1

Description

Sesame Solar, Inc. is a majority woman-owned, small business manufacturing Mobile, Solar Nanogrids in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Sesame Solar currently designs, develops, and manufactures Solar Nanogrid Solutions for domestic and international deployments that are completely self-contained and do not require any external hookups to generate, store and export solar power. Sesame Solar’s Nanogrids come with pre-configured solutions inside including: Medical Clinics, Mobile Offices, Water Purification, Solar Cold Chain, Ancillary Power, Pumping and more. Sesame Solar’s Nanogrids currently come in two form factors: ISO Shipping Container and Dual Axle Trailer; with onboard lithium-ion battery storage capabilities of up to 133kWh and up to 20kW solar arrays. Sesame Solar’s AF211 Phase I workplan is comprised of the following primary activities: Research and development of advanced cogeneration electronics controllers and remote operation capabilities, system and component hardening, system configuration modification to ease and expedite field service, customer discovery, end user needs assessment, and planning for a DoD Pilot Deployment during a Phase II effort. Sesame Solar’s core technologies Technical Readiness Level is currently 5. This SBIR would serve to advance the commercial technology, adapt and harden our solutions to meet the needs of the warfighter. A successful Phase 1 SBIR would lay the framework for a pilot deployment and at scale production to meet the needs of the DoD, other government agencies and non-government agencies alike.