Entries for Solar Prize Round 1

Configurable Current Cell -- C3

Our C3 technology increases the power, improves shading response, and decreases hotspot risks on silicon PV, with negligible cost increase.

by Solar Inventions Team

Manufacturing , Photovoltaics (PV) , PV Cell , PV Module , PV Reliability , PV System

Evolving a New Generation of Tandem Solar PV

We introduce a new tandem PV design. A design with low cost and high performance. A design with long lifetimes and seamless scalability.

Jumpstart Energy, the Kickstarter for Energy

Jumpstart is a crowdfunding platform that enables anyone to fund solar projects anywhere.

by Jumpstart Energy

Solar Swap--the online marketplace for projects

Solar Swap is the first online marketplace for buying and selling solar projects in the U.S.

by Alana Martell

Manufacturing-Based Complete PV System Integration

Integrated, manufacturer-based PV systems, focusing on rapid, affodable, high-quality deployment for residential and small commercial solar.

by Cassandra Kling

REGULATION OF PV PANEL NOCT TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY

NEW PV Module shall be filled with CO2 Gas between support board and encapsulating covering of luminescent glass and hermetically sealing.

by WASIF Qureshi's team

Low-Power End-Product Solar Kits

Provides a set of components to enable end-product low-power innovations when going-to-market.

Manufacturing , Other , Power Electronics , PV System

Solar Guitar™

Solar Guitar™ - an eco-friendly, self-sustained musical instrument solely powered by the Sun, a unique educational/commercial product.

by Aleks Bezginas

GridCure's Residential Solar Panel Health Module

GridCure will develop an analytical module that showcases key residential solar panel predictive health insights

by Emily Basileo's team

Photovoltaic with p type, o type and n type layers

A solar cell having an n type p type layers and a non dopant layer so as to move the front contact to the middle of the solar cell.

Linear Fresnel Concentric Solar Power Collector

Our idea is to build a solar panel that implements a linear Fresnel technology, able to produce electrical power at a very low cost.

by Mladen Mladenov's team

Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)

Insta-Grid, Solar Microwave Fabrics

Insta-Grid; Integral flexible Solar Microwave Fabric (SMF). Solar Energy Creation, Conversion, Transmission & Collection all in 1 material.

by Shawn Boike's team

Photovoltaics (PV)

SUNSPOT Solar Electric Cooking System

Solar powered electric induction cooking is cost competitive with biomass. A 24V cooktop is needed to reduce costs and improve efficiency.

by Team SUNSPOT

The Oakland EcoBlock: A ZNE Retrofit Neighborhood

A prototype accelerating solar energy adoption in low-medium income neighborhoods using microgrids, PV, flywheel storage, and EV charging.

by Gregory Thomson's team

Community Solar

Solar SEED - Scalable Energy Empowerment Device

SEED produces usable DC and/or AC electricity from PV modules of varying voltages and wattages (<500W), with or without battery storage.

Consumer Product , Emergency / Back-Up Power , Energy Access , First-Rung Solar Energy , Off-Grid

Hybrid solar lighting ultraviolet mosquito trap

A new way of murdering mosquito eggs in mass quantities using solar energy while harvesting rainwater.

by Jacob Barnes's team

Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) , Exclude from Notifications

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