The submission deadline for EnergyTech UP is just a few weeks away. Have questions about how to enter? Join the final informational webinar to get answers directly from prize administrators!
During the webinar, the prize team will discuss submission requirements, team building, bonus prizes, and preparing a successful submission. Bring your questions and make sure you’re ready to meet the Feb 3. submission deadline!
- Informational webinar: Jan. 23, 1–2 p.m. ET—Register here
Even if you are unable to attend at that time, please consider registering for the webinar so that you will be automatically emailed the session recording.
A Reminder About Bonus Prizes
Don’t forget, the competition offers 12 additional bonus prizes related to technology focus, team location, or student makeup. Below are the U.S. Department of Energy technology offices and their corresponding bonus prize challenges:
- Arctic Energy Office Bonus Prize: As a team made up of Alaska-based students, demonstrate and propose an innovative business model for an emerging energy technology that helps meet the energy, science, and security needs of the U.S. and its Arctic allies.
- Geothermal Technologies Office Bonus Prize: Develop innovative business models to increase the adoption of geothermal technologies that address key exploration and operational challenges.
- Office of Nuclear Energy Bonus Prize: Develop innovative business models to accelerate the development and deployment of advanced technologies supporting advanced reactors and fuel cycle technologies.
- Office of Electricity Grid-Enhancing Technologies (GETs) Bonus Prize: Develop innovative business models to increase the adoption of GETs to benefit the U.S. power grid.
- Office of Electricity Grid-Scale Power Electronics (PE) Bonus Prize: Develop innovative business models to stimulate the adoption of advanced power electronics in the U.S power grid.
- Office of Electricity Long-Duration Energy Storage (LDES) Bonus Prize: Develop innovative business models to propose an LDES technology solution, explain the technology’s use case, and address market challenges to enable greater adoption of LDES in the U.S. power system. Innovative energy storage use cases are encouraged.
- Solar Energy Technologies Office Bonus Prize: Develop innovative business models to improve the performance, affordability, reliability, and value of solar technologies in the U.S. grid and to tackle emerging challenges in the solar industry.
- Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office Bonus Prize: Develop innovative business models to identify mechanisms for commercially viable hydrogen technologies to achieve market liftoff, supporting domestic competitiveness, job creation, and achievement of climate goals.
- Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains Bonus Prize: Develop an innovative business model or commercialization plan to increase the adoption of industrial decarbonization improvements at small- and medium-sized manufacturers.
- Water Power Technologies Office Bonus Prize: Develop innovative business models for a novel hydropower or marine technology of your choice that tackles emerging challenges in the water power industry and aims to improve the performance, affordability, reliability, and value of hydropower or marine energy in the United States.
Below are additional bonus prizes offered by the Office of Technology Transitions (OTT):
- As in past years, the Office of Technology Transitions: National Lab IP Licensing bonus prize is awarded to a team who develops innovative business models to help accelerate the commercialization of technologies available on the Lab Partnering Service website.
- OTT will also offer a bonus prize to an undergraduate-only team. Eligible teams must be made up of only undergraduate students, including those pursuing an associate degree or bachelor’s degree.
