Entries for Solar Prize Round 7

Current methods of recycling PV rely on harsh chemicals that create toxic waste and a missed opportunities to regain valuable materials.

Increasing solar adoption rates by helping homeowners transform solar arrays into visual masterpieces with a simple, low-cost solution.

Improving a Solar Module: Rapid Shutdown Rapid Mounting System Protected wire and jbox use existing assembly line, can be cost neutral.

Cost-effective, high resolution shade tolerance for on- and off-grid PV modules.

Solar-Water Recycle, Desalination & Purification System (SWRDPSH) with groundbreaking efficiencies, based on Freeze Dry methods.

Decentralized Community Solar and EV Charging for Gig Workers. Building community owned and operated Distributed Energy Resources (DERs).

Dynamic and continuous energy prediction updates using real-time PV plant data on a public cloud platform.

3D printed solar: automated carport install drives commercial solar market & expands EV charging adoption in LMI communities.

Our tech is a minimally invasive envelope thermal management system that can reduce solar power demand while improving thermal comfort.

Bridging Solar Skill Gaps—Affordable hands-on training for communities and colleges with our portable off-grid & grid-tied interactive labs.

We aggregate regulatory documents and build AI systems to diligence sites, identify risks, and build permitting matrices on a web platform.

A drone that uses smart flower technology to collect electricity convert it into microwaves and received on the ground and converted back

A cooling system is critical for solar panels because it can mitigate the negative effects of high temperatures when solar panels overheat.

We propose to use single-crystal perovskites to improve the carrier dynamics and device stability of perovskite solar cells.

Antireflection coatings need to be designed and optimized for vertical installation in agrivoltaics arrays to improve energy production.

Our technology manages the temperature of PV panels using the heat energy from PV panels. This improves cost competitiveness and performance