SBIR/STTR Research Award
50- 100 Watt Wind Energy Harvesting in Light Tactical Applications
Award amount
$117,069Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2010Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Pine Ridge Products LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2010-02-18
- Contract end date
- 2010-08-18
- UEI
- KC1RKK8RLK64
- Solicitation number
- 2009.2
- Topic code
- A09-092
Research abstract
Pine Ridge Products LLC will introduce a tactical micro wind turbine that is highly efficient, robust, easy to use, maintain and transport. The Army is requesting a renewable energy system to reduce the amount of fuel used for small power loads. A vehicle mounted, efficient wind turbine system would improve self sufficiency on site by decreasing the need for fossil fuels. This will increase reliability of communication and intelligence systems. Unlike other micro turbines, currently on the market, our solution is to design a micro wind turbine with a large rotor and low RPM. This highly efficient PMG will deliver superior results compared to high speed, high RPM micro turbines. Our design team has years of experience in small wind turbines and renewable energy power electronics design and manufacturing. In addition to the military application, this turbine would fill a gap in the commercial market for a rugged, reliable, low speed micro turbine for use in telecom power, SCADA, and other remote small power applications.
Technology keywords
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Research funding history
2 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2010–2011). Reported award amounts total $847,062. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I
Agencies: Department of Defense