Entries for Solar Prize Round 1

LEGOs of Solar for Portable, Plug & Play Power

Solar building blocks with off-grid AC solar panels. Take them with you. Setup in seconds. As easy as a wall outlet. Plug in, live life.

by Braden Bills's team

Consumer Product , Off-Grid , Photovoltaics (PV) , Power Electronics

Paper-thin Microinverters for Solar Panels

Shrink power electronics to “paper-thin”; then mass-produce cheaply on roll-to-roll lines.

The simplest solar power system on the planet.

PowerField's patented product and process enables affordable, deployable and redeployable solar energy that is both permanent and portable.

by PowerField Energy

Flexible, Industrial-Sized Solar Panels; 8.5'x52'

Semi-trailer size, flexible solar arrays targeted at installation labor, electrical & structural BOS, & supply chain cost for cost reduction

by Douglas Thorpe

PV Solar + Storage Facilities on Closed Landfills

PNL develops PV solar+storage facilities on closed landfills. We are seeking prize/expertise monies to advance this effort.

by PNL Solar + Storage

Triple Hybrid Water Heater

The 21st century solution to solar hot water using photovoltaics for solar powered water heating rather than solar heated water.

by Hal Slater's team

infiniRel's Solar Shock Absorbers

GyroVerters are electro-magnetic machines that simplify the economic integration of solar and battery resources to eliminate shade shock.

Power Electronics , PV/DER Integration , PV Reliability

Affordable Sustainable Electricity for All!

Power Bloom believes that USA based PV technology and manufacturing can bring electricity to the energy impoverished regions of the planet.

by Amelia Taylor's team

Perovskite + silicon tandem product prototype

Creating a new type of solar product to realize a new generation of high-efficiency low-cost solar

by Tandem PV Inc

Redefining Solar Storage

Our project deals with developing a credible solution and addressing the challenges of storing energy through compressed air.

by Christopher Jones's team

Floating Solar to Generate Energy and Save Water

America needs to catch up in using the surface of non-recreational waterways to float/suspend solar panels for energy and water benefits.

by Jeanne Trombly

SolarCube will print lightweight, efficient, and aesthetically pleasing solar systems using perovskite technology on recycled HDPE plastics.

NovaSolix Rectenna Array Solar Cell

We are is developing full sunlight spectrum rectenna arrays that will be the cheapest source of electricity in the world and they're clean.

by Laurence Cooke

Acoustic Cleaving of GaAs for Next Generation PV

We combine a novel wafering technology to slice GaAs with the well known Si manufacturing process to significantly reduce the cost of solar.

by Team ASU / Crystal Sonic

Storagy-Solar Analytics Software

Storagy provides a software that analyzes solar generation and optimal integration on the grid for utility companies

Quick Lift PV System

IEC's Lift System is a unique PV system using innovation to present new and exciting possibilities for the future of solar PV installation

by Impower Energy Corp

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