Helical Solar

Overview

Problem Expeditionary Energy, particularly 15-60KW AMMPS generators in a contested logistics environment such as INDOPACOM can suffer from environmental induced failures, parts shortages, and fuel resupply disruptions. Without continuous commercial grade power, modern military missions and the personnel that execute them are put in jeopardy.

Solution With hot plug-and-play capability, we can seamlessly insert our high powered microgrid with an optimized dual-axis solar array between existing AMMPS generators and their loads to minimize run time and fuel consumption while also sustaining power during unplanned fuel shortages.

Field Validation Prototype field tested at Tyndall AFB AFCEC (9700 Site).

Technology Maturity (TRL) TRL = 7 (Tyndall AFCEC field prototype demonstration).

Strategic Advantage 2x U.S. Patents Issued and 1x Pending; Trade Secrets; Integration depth.

Go-to-Market Access 2024 NSIN Expeditionary Energy Challenge Finalist (Sponsor = 15th SPSS).

Dual-Use Potential Agrivoltaics (solar and and agriculture/livestock) – $200K – DOE Phase I SBIR $1.15M – DOE Phase II SBIR $1.08M - USDA sponsored 122KWp World’s 1st In-pen Cattle Agrivoltaics at a Kansas Feedlot

Team James McKinion (CEO/Founder) - Startups (Netspeed, CacheIQ), Tracor - Flight Test Engineer MQM-107E Drone. Fortune 500 - Cisco Systems, NetApp, Keysight.

Zach Hudnall - Design Engineer

Competitive Landscape BoxPower, Southern Beams Builds, Sesame Solar, Beam Global – do not have a foldable, transportable dual-axis array or microgrid architecture that can allow “man-in-the-middle” insertion between generators and loads.

Primary User Electrical Power Production Specialist.

User-Critical Problem No power = no comms, no edge compute, no environmental conveniences.