Entries for Solar Prize Round 1

A revolutionary product reducing installation times by 80% with a no-penetration racking for steep slope roofs.

Integrating encapsulation with metal grid bonding

Integrate encapsulation with the bonding of grids to reduce the levelized cost of photovoltaic electricity without adding a single step

by Christopher Muzzillo

High Capacity 250 kW SiC Solar String Inverter

Transforming the string inverter market with disruptive Silicon Carbide – based Composite Architectures

by BREK Electronics

Our product solves the high Balance of Systems costs which hold back solar installations on large flat roofs.

by Chris Barnes

Revolutionizing the Energy Market

Brooklyn Microgrid is working to scale NYC's first local transactive energy marketplace which is blockchain based and smart meter enabled.

by Brooklyn Microgrid

ABC4GO: Agent Based Control for Grid Optimization

seamless coordination of distributed batteries across the grid to enable the electric network to accommodate more solar generation

by Javad Mohammadi's team

Community Solar , Grid Integration and Modeling , Permitting & Standardization , PV/DER Integration , PV Reliability

Improving Solar Cell Efficiency by 50%

We are developing an ultra-thin topping layer to increase the efficiency of silicon solar by up to 50%

by April Lerner's team

The Affordable Power Panel

A Mounting System to Install Flexible Thin Film PV Modules onto Granulated Composition Asphalt Roofs as found on 93% of America's Roofs.

The Next Direction in Solar

Wide-scale solar adoption in cities is feasible with technologies that fit urban architectures and address unique performance requirements.

H2-Redox Energy Storage for PV-Grid Integration

A flexible, long-duration energy storage system for deep penetration of solar energy

by Daniel Frey's team

PowerSOLutions SPS Moon-Z

Moon-Z is multiple solar power satellites that can transmit abundant solar energy 24 hrs a day, 365 days a yr to entire continents on Earth.

TMD-Based 2-D Heterostructure Solar Cells

Solar cells based on transition metal dichalcogenides to capture the whole spectrum of solar rays, as opposed to only visible light.

Quantum-Cutting Solar Photovoltaics

Luminescent downconversion coatings for high-efficiency, low-cost solar cells

by Cascade Photonics

Increasing energy yield from dusty solar panels

We use electric field and unique electrodes to push away dust from solar panels. This increases energy yield in the desert regions.

by Alexander Orlov's team

Intelligent Junction Box

Design an Intelligent Junction Box (IJB) which can have the ability to show on a screen the electric capabilities of the solar modules.

by Jorge G Sanchez's team

Polaris Solar Advanced CSP

Polaris Solar's advanced trough CSP system eliminates fluid pumping, increases operating temperatures and reduces manufacturing costs.

by Art Shulenberger dba Polaris Solar

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