Entries for Solar Prize Round 6

A new solar incentive and finance program enables reduced payback time for small projects that enable low income communities to adopt solar

PROGNOSIS will predict short-term electricity production from Photovoltaic to increase their marker penetration & to improve grid stability.

Decarbonizing your home with a dual medium photovoltaic thermal(PVT) panel that generates electricity, hot water, and hot air.

This is a long-duration hybrid solar hydrogen fuel cell power generation and backup system for supplying power during the day and night.

iAIRE uses a film developed by NREL to generate heat to warm the refrigerant in condensers thereby reducing the use of the compressor.

Using Carbon Dioxide instead of water(steam) to drive a turbine at lower temperatures than current thermal energy storage systems

Solar panels designed for optimized energy storage charging with reduced auxiliary electronics required.

A film that downshifts the light entering a solar panel from UV to NIR with 95% quantum yield to increase efficiency and lifetime.

Our rooftop solar PV tracking systems concepts enable east-west-facing roofs to perform same/better than south-facing roof installations.

CSP Multi-Effect Distillation Absorption Desalination, Provides potable water to underserved off-grid communities at a cost 75% cheaper

Ideally, solar should be its own circular economy. Manufacture to generation to recycle to remanufacture should define the solar life cycle.

Sunflower Seating patented outdoor sports stadium seating, lower costs, train local communities about solar, improve resiliency.

Enhance NextiQ.com’s solar training content by developing and publishing en espanol. Find job candidates and connect them to employers.

Solar mixing results in more sustainable aquaculture by reducing aeration energy costs and increasing solar in under-represented areas.

A blockchain application which tokenizes solar. Enabling all community members to participate in expanding and funding solar in America.