CABLE SBIR/STTR (Fiscal Year 2021)
The CABLE SBIR/STTR program began with Fiscal Year 2021 topics issued in November of CY 2020. The joint CABLE topic (see https://www.sbir.gov/node/1862433) was a collaboration among the EERE offices of Advanced Materials and Manufacturing, Building Technologies, Geothermal Energy, Solar Energy, and Vehicle Technologies. Also included in the joint topic was DOE’s Office of Electricity. The eight subtopics for the CABLE topic were:
- CABLE Materials Manufacturing
- Application: Electricity Delivery Systems
- Application: Non-metallic Heat Exchangers
- Application: Ice Storage and Thermal Storage
- Application: Generators and Motors
- Application: Photovoltaics Modules and System Electrical Connections
- Application: Geothermal Direct Use and Electricity Generation
- Application: Electric Vehicle Charging Cables and Couplers
The Phase I awardees of the Fiscal Year 2021 Release 2 competition are shown in the table below.
Table 3. FY21 CABLE SBIR/STTR Awardees
| Business | Project Title |
| Directed Vapor Technologies | Metal Carbon Composite Manufacturing |
| Mainstream Engineering Corporation | Copper-Encapsulated Carbon Nanotubes to Enhance Copper Transmission Cable Properties |
| QuesTek Innovations | Enhanced Aluminum Conductor for Overhead Electrical Transmission Application |
| Energy Wall | Non-Metallic Heat Exchangers – Ceramic Polymer Hybrid Microchannel |
| T2M Global | High-performance Lower-cost Plastic Heat Exchangers |
| Technology Assessment & Transfer | High Payoff 3D Printed Ceramic Heat Exchangers for HVAC |
| Triton Systems | Plastic Heat Exchangers with High Conductance |
| Mainstream Engineering Corporation | Low-cost thermal energy storage water heat exchanger |
| Greenpath Systems | Highly Conductive Nano-engineered Geopolymer Cements for Geothermal Applications |
| NAECO | Fabrication and Evaluation of EV Charging System subcomponents made from Enhanced Conductivity Copper |
