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Digitizing Utilities Prize Round 3: Resilient Grid Innovation
Help electric utilities facilitate the transformation of digital systems, data analytics, and risk-informed resource integration
Enter - 77 Days Remaining
$2.5M Prize
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Community Energy Innovation Prize Round 2
Provide support, build trust, and strengthen partnerships with communities working toward affordable, reliable, and secure energy resources.
Enter
$8.4M Prize
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2025 EPIC Pitch Competitions
A pitch competition program designed to infuse capital directly into startups nominated by previous EPIC Prize incubators.
Judging Closed
$315K Prize
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GUIDE-H2 Prize
Encouraging international collaboration to increase practitioner experience and best practices to assess advanced hydrogen energy projects.
Enter
$200K Prize
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The U.S. Department of Energy AlgaePrize 2025–2027
The AlgaePrize is a national algal-based competition that challenges students to become the next generation of bioeconomy professionals.
Pre registration
$250K Prize
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HBCU Energy Education Prize Round 2
Advancing energy programming, opportunities, and connections for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
Enter - 26 Days Remaining
$600K Prize
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Capacity Accelerator for Tribal Offshore Wind Engagement
Supporting Tribal growth and involvement in offshore wind decision-making activities!
Judging Closed
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Industrial Energy Storage Systems Prize
Developing energy storage solutions that can accommodate cooling, thermal, and/or electric energy loads at the industrial facility size.
Judging
$4.8M Prize
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Geothermal Heat Pumps PATHs Prize
The GHP PATHs Prize aims to catalyze regional outreach-focused partnerships to improve Geothermal Heat Pump workforce pipeline development.
Judging Closed
$3M Prize
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MAKE IT Prize Round 2
Catalyzing domestic manufacturing of critical energy technology components.
Enter
$32M Prize
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TCU Energy and Food Sovereignty Nexus Prize
Prize pool of up to $4.1M to Tribal Colleges and Universities for creating projects at the intersection of energy and food sovereignty
Enter - 51 Days Remaining
$4.1M Prize
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2024 Geothermal Collegiate Competition
College students: Compete to solve real-world geothermal technical and policy challenges for a chance at thousands in DOE prize funding!
Judging Closed
$10K Prize
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Beyond the Meter: Energy Storage Integration Prize
$200,000 prize for companies and coalitions that demonstrate their grid-edge technology and plans to integrate with partners in the grid.
Judging Closed
$200K Prize
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Promoting Registration of Inverters and Modules with Ecolabel (PRIME) Prize
Incentivizing EPEAT registration of solar PV modules and inverters for easier identification of eco-friendly equipment.
Judging Closed
$2.7M Prize
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Community Power Accelerator Round 3
A prize designed to fast-track the efforts of emerging & expanding solar developers & co-developers to grow distributed solar projects
Judging Closed
$10M Prize
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DAC Pilot Prize
Supporting the development of multiple first-of-a-kind DAC pilots and enabling these technologies to be deployed in the commercial space.
Judging Closed
$52.5M Prize
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Large Animal and Solar System Operations (LASSO) Prize
Supports cattle agrivoltaics projects to explore benefits to ag producers, landowners, and rural communities, and advance solar development.
Judging Closed
$10M Prize
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EnergyTech University Prize 2025
Prizes available to students who create/present an energy tech business plan & faculty who elevate energy entrepreneurship at their school.
Enter
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Solar Prize Round 8
The Solar Prize Round 8 offers $4 million in prizes to entrepreneurial teams moving innovative ideas toward commercialization.
Judging Closed
$4M Prize
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Energy Storage Innovations Prize Round 2
Propose transformative energy storage solutions that address niche markets and inform the DOE’s strategy to accelerate grid modernization.
Judging
$300K Prize
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Framing the Future: Industrial Technologies Photo Contest
Documenting the latest advancements in decarbonization within the industrial sector.
Won
$27K Prize
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Science Synthesis Prize
Generate new and comprehensive knowledge on the current state of science in renewable integration with the $125,000 Science Synthesis Prize
Judging Closed
$125K Prize
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Hydropower Collegiate Competition 2025
Challenging multidisciplinary teams of collegiate students to offer unique solutions to converting non-powered dams to hydroelectric dams.
Submission Deadline
$325K Prize
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The Marine Energy Collegiate Competition 2025
Challenging multidisciplinary teams of undergraduate and graduate students to offer unique solutions to modern marine energy challenges.
Submission Deadline
$420K Prize
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2025 Collegiate Wind Competition
Helping college students prepare for jobs in the wind and renewable energy workforce through real-world experiences.
Submission Deadline
$280K Prize
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Open Voucher Call
Accelerating technology commercialization while connecting the public with U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratory facilities.
Enter
$2.1M Prize
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Upskill Prize for the Solar Manufacturing Workforce
Accelerating the expansion of US solar manufacturing workforce & building skills to revitalize domestic solar manufacturing supply chain.
Judging Closed
$7.8M Prize
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Solar Photo Competition: Hit Me with Your Sun Shot
A photo competition bringing attention to solar energy’s importance to the clean energy transition.
Won
$17K Prize
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E-SCRAP Prize
Designed to stimulate innovative approaches that reduce the costs and environmental impact of critical material recovery from e-scrap.
Enter - 56 Days Remaining
$4M Prize
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Data-Driven Distributed (3D) Solar Visibility Prize
Incentivizing the development & deployment of distribution system state estimation tools.
Won
$250K Prize
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Power At Sea Prize
Create reliable and cost-effective renewable power at sea to support Powering the Blue Economy™ initiatives. #PowerAtSea Prize
Judging Closed
$1.7M Prize
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Re-X Before Recycling Prize
Seeking innovations to unlock new or expanded supply chains that can reintegrate end-of-use products into the economy before recycling
Enter - 146 Days Remaining
$5.6M Prize
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Energy Program for Innovation Clusters (EPIC) Prize Round 3
The Office of Technology Transitions EPIC Round 3 incentivizes incubators that implement high-impact ideas to support energy startups.
Judging Closed
$4M Prize
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Building Envelope Innovation Prize - Secondary Glazing Systems
This prize encourages production of high-performance, cost-effective secondary glazing systems to improve efficiency of commercial windows.
Judging Closed
$2.1M Prize
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Silicon Carbide (SiC) Packaging Prize
The $2.25M SiC Packaging Prize invites competitors to propose, design, build, and test packaging prototypes that advance the industry.
Enter - 16 Days Remaining
$2.2M Prize
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Digitizing Utilities: Round 2
Help electric utilities tackle data and cybersecurity challenges to advance grid reliability/resiliency and mitigate cybersecurity risks
Closed
$2.1M Prize
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Lab MATCH Prize
Accelerates efforts of energy entrepreneurs by working directly with national labs and their researchers on IP commercialization.
Submission Deadline
$620K Prize
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The U.S. Department of Energy AlgaePrize 2023-2025
The AlgaePrize is a national algal-based competition that challenges students to become the next generation of bioeconomy professionals.
Judging
$215K Prize
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Geothermal Collegiate Competition - Fall 2023
College students: Compete to solve real-world geothermal technical and policy challenges for a chance at thousands in DOE prize funding!
Submission Deadline
$10K Prize
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Geothermal Collegiate Competition
Foster understanding of geothermal, communicate benefits of geothermal technologies, and overcome non-technical barriers to development.
Won
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The U.S. Department of Energy AlgaePrize 2022-2023
The AlgaePrize is a national algal-based competition that challenges students to become the next generation of bioeconomy professionals.
Enter
$130K Prize
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Advanced Cybersecurity Technology 1 Prize
Empowering utilities with limited cybersecurity resources to make critical investments in hardening their systems against threats.
Judging Closed
$11.6M Prize
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H2Os Prize - Phase 4
Optimize hydropower operations to better complement variable renewable energy resources, like wind and solar, to help power the grid!
Closed
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Wind Turbine Materials Recycling Prize
Developing a cost-effective and sustainable recycling industry for fiber-reinforced composites and rare earth elements in wind turbines
Judging Closed
$5.1M Prize
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Solar Ambassador Prize
Identifying and engaging Puerto Rican households for residential solar and battery storage installations.
Enter - 16 Days Remaining
$6M Prize
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MSI Contract Readiness Prize
This prize aims to increase the DOE-contract readiness of HBCUs, MSIs, and TCUs through mentoring, teaming, and technical support.
Won
$775K Prize
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EnergyTech University Prize 2024
Tasking students to create & present a business plan around energy tech. Tasking faculty to elevate energy entrepreneurship at their school.
Enter
$550K Prize
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Solar Data Bounty Prize
Designed to incentivize photovoltaic (PV) system owners to share information-rich datasets from their assets.
Won
$1.4M Prize
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Solar Prize Round 7
The Solar Prize Round 7 offers $4.2 million in prizes to competitors over three progressive contests.
Won
$4.2M Prize
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Community Power Accelerator Round 2
Fast-tracks the efforts of solar developers to learn and grow their operations to support multiple, successful community solar projects.
Submission Deadline
$10M Prize
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HBCU Energy Education Prize Partnerships Track
Advancing energy programming, opportunities, and connections for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
Judging Closed
$6.8M Prize
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Heliostat Prize
The American-Made Heliostat Prize is a 3-contest challenge designed to accelerate technology innovation of selected heliostat components.
Judging Closed
$3M Prize
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MAKE IT Prize Strategies Track
Enabling vibrant energy technology manufacturing activity in communities.
Won
$5.5M Prize
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MAKE IT Prize Facilities Track
Catalyzing domestic manufacturing of critical clean energy technology components.
Won
$24M Prize
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2023 Sunny Awards
Recognize community solar projects and programs that increase equitable access to the meaningful benefits of community solar.
Judging Closed
$200K Prize
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Hydropower Collegiate Competition
Challenging multidisciplinary teams of collegiate students to offer unique solutions to converting non-powered dams to hydroelectric dams.
Submission Deadline
$325K Prize
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The Marine Energy Collegiate Competition
Challenging multidisciplinary teams of undergraduate and graduate students to offer unique solutions to modern marine energy challenges.
Submission Deadline
$420K Prize
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Microbattery Design Prize
Seeking designs for microbatteries to support new uses for small electronic devices with improved performance, safety, and recyclability.
Judging Closed
$1.1M Prize
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High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Prize
Propose new HVDC technology solutions to strengthen the U.S. energy grid.
Judging Closed
$200K Prize
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Community Power Accelerator Prize
Fast-tracks the efforts of solar developers to learn and grow their operations to support multiple, successful community solar projects.
Submission Deadline
$10M Prize
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Innovating Distributed Embedded Energy Prize
Let’s forge a wave-powered future together! New wave energy technologies have the potential to power much of the nation’s grid.
Judging Closed
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DAC Pre-Commercial Technology Prize
Teams identify a critical need in the direct air capture (DAC) industry, develop a solution, and test the idea to a degree of scale.
Judging Closed
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DAC Pre-Commercial EPIC Prize
Regional incubators develop creative and impactful plans to support entrepreneurs and innovators in the direct air capture (DAC) space.
Judging Closed
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DAC Commercial CDR Purchase Pilot Prize
Teams develop and fulfill innovative, technically robust, validated, and commercial-scale CDR purchase agreements.
Judging Closed
$35M Prize
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Net Load Forecasting Prize
Develop probabilistic models that predict net load a day in advance and promote adoption of probabilistic forecasts and evaluation tools.
Won
$600K Prize
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Energy CLASS Prize
Building capacity within local educational agencies to identify and implement energy and health improvements in public school facilities.
Won
$4.5M Prize
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Digitizing Utilities Prize
Round 2 is now open for submissions: www.herox.com/DigitizingUtilitiesRound2
Judging Closed
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Energy Storage Innovations Prize
This DOE Office of Electricity-sponsored competition tasks innovators to submit transformative approaches to grid-scale energy storage.
Won
$300K Prize
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SolarApp+ Prize
The SolarAPP+ Prize awards $15,000 to local governments to adopt SolarAPP+, an online permitting platform for code-compliant PV systems.
Won
$1M Prize
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The Sunny Awards
This challenge is closed.
Won
$100K Prize
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Energy Program for Innovation Clusters (EPIC) Prize Round 2
The Office of Technology Transitions EPIC Prize incentivizes incubators that implement high-impact ideas to support energy startups.
Judging Closed
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FLoating Offshore Wind ReadINess (FLOWIN) Prize
The FLOWIN Prize aims to help unlock the potential of cost-effective floating offshore wind turbines.
Judging Closed
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Solar Prize Round 6
The Solar Prize Round 6 offers $4.1 million in cash prizes to competitors over three progressive contests.
Won
$4.1M Prize
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H-Prize: Hydrogen Shot Incubator
Accelerating the development of unique and novel technologies that show potential to produce affordable clean hydrogen.
Judging Closed
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Office of Technology Transitions EnergyTech University Prize 2022-2023
Tasking student teams to develop and present a business plan using National Laboratory-developed or other high-potential energy technologies
Won
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American-Made Inclusive Solar Outreach Awards
The Inclusive Solar Outreach Awards recognize industry campaigns increasing solar adoption and workforce development in diverse communities.
Won
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Geothermal Geophone Prize
The Geophone Prize will catalyze the development of high temperature, downhole seismic monitoring for enhanced geothermal systems (EGS).
Submission Deadline
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Office of Technology Transitions EnergyTech University Prize 2021-2022
Tasking student teams to develop and present a business plan that leverages lab-developed and other high-potential energy technologies.
Won
$250K Prize
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Solar Forecasting Prize
Enabling solar industry stakeholders with state-of-the-art solar forecasting capabilities
Won
$375K Prize
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Hydrogen Business Case Prize
The Hydrogen Business Case Prize engages student and professionals interested in hydrogen and fuel cells to develop a tool.
Won
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Solar Prize Round 5 Software Track
Solar Prize Round 5 Software Track offers $1.6 million in cash prizes over three contests.
Won
$1.6M Prize
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Solar Prize Round 5 Hardware Track
The Solar Prize Round 5 Hardware Track offers $3 million in cash prizes to competitors over three progressive contests.
Won
$3M Prize
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Lighting Prize (L-Prize)
The L-Prize will advance the state-of-the-art in LED lighting.
Enter - 21 Days Remaining
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Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize
Develop solutions that de-risk and increase market viability for direct lithium extraction from geothermal brines.
Won
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Perovskite Startup Prize
The American-Made Perovskite Startup Prize is designed to accelerate the growth of the domestic perovskite industry.
Closed
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Solar Desalination Round 2
Develop systems that use low-cost solar-thermal energy to help clean water produced by oil & gas extraction & other industrial activities.
Submission Deadline
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E-ROBOT Prize
Catalyze the development of building envelope retrofit solutions that make retrofits easier, faster, safer and more accessible for workers.
Won
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CABLE Conductor Manufacturing Prize
Conductivity-enhanced materials for Affordable, Breakthrough Leapfrog Electric applications (CABLE) Prize for materials inventors
Submission Deadline
$4.8M Prize
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Geothermal Manufacturing Prize
Catalyze geothermal manufacturing innovation by harnessing the rapid advances in additive manufacturing.
Won
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Water Resource Recovery Prize
Address the global need for safe, secure, and affordable water through cutting-edge water resource recovery.
Won
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Ocean Observing Prize
Integrate marine renewable energy with ocean observation platforms to revolutionize data collection needed to understand and map the ocean.
Enter - 2 Days Remaining
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Solar Prize Round 4
The American-Made Solar Prize is a $3 million prize competition designed to accelerate and sustain American solar innovation.
Won
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Waves to Water
Accelerated the development of wave-powered desalination systems to provide drinking water in disaster relief and coastal locations.
Won
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Groundbreaking Hydro Prize
Encourage the development of new ideas to cut the costs, timelines, and risks associated with small hydropower foundation development.
Won
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I AM Hydro
Support hydropower by integrating advanced manufacturing technologies to lower costs, improve performance, and reduce manufacturing times.
Won
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Energy Program for Innovation Clusters (EPIC) Prize
Create impactful plans to develop strong connections and support for entrepreneurs whose businesses focus on energy technologies.
Won
$1M Prize
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Solar Desalination
Expand the utilization of non-traditional sources of water, ensure water security in the U.S. and improve the resilience of infrastructure.
Judging Closed
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Fish Protection
Catalyzing new solutions, designs, and strategies to prevent fish from swimming into water infrastructure.
Won
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INDIVIDUALS TAKING ENERGY ACTION IN MANUFACTURING (ITEAM) PRIZE
Identify ideas and practices for measurable energy savings at U.S. manufacturing plants to stimulate innovation at other facilities.
Won
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Solar Prize Round 3
The American-Made Solar Prize is a $3 million prize competition designed to accelerate and sustain American solar innovation.
Won
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Solar Prize Round 2
The American-Made Solar Prize is a $3 million prize competition designed to accelerate and sustain American solar innovation.
Won
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Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize
Identify innovative solutions for collecting, sorting, storing, and transporting spent lithium-ion batteries.
Judging Closed
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Solar Prize Round 1
The American-Made Solar Prize is a $3 million prize competition designed to accelerate and sustain American solar innovation.
Won
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FAST Commissioning for Pumped-Storage Hydropower Prize
For next-generation pumped-storage hydropower development and the encouragement of exploration for new use cases of PSH.
Won
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