Entries for Solar Prize Round 5 Hardware Track

A stability testing tool that enables deeper understanding of the mechanisms relevant to efficiency and stability of emerging photovoltaics.

The Desert Water Facility uses solar power in the desert to distill sea water and produce fresh water and salt.

A battery pack that merges a unique packaging architecture with advanced proprietary materials for a more efficient, yet low-cost pack

Our combined solar panel and shelter solution provides rapidly-deployable protection and critical power for victims of natural disasters.

The MIplus Solar Battery is an integrated solution that combines solar PV generation with energy storage in a single device architecture.

A novel integrated greenhouse with water treatment, novel light-splitting plastic covering, and a solar water heater rooftop is presented.

The proposed solution is the development of a solar assisted pyrolysis reactor design which converts sewer sludge into bio-fuel & bio-char.

Cadmium selenide tandem modules are a pathway to increased solar efficiency while also providing long-term stability in the field

Cost of solar panels is now at dollar 2/watt, we propose to manufacture solar panels from Rice Husk Ash (RHA) with a cost of less than 0.5.

This proposal comprises development of an innovative re-deployable, sensor-equipped, high-efficiency, slatted bifacial PV solar array.

SolaBlock's is a Vertical solar, Building Embedded, Net Zero patented building material

Sunnoo’s Patented Solar Tracking Turret System delivers revolutionary innovation to solve for years of inefficient energy capture.

A hybrid PV/Thermal solar-plus-storage cogeneration system that more than doubles the energy output per square foot of a typical PV array.

SolarSpace E-Station: self-sustaining, solar powered EV Charging Station in remote areas without a nearby electrical grid

Ruggedized, integrated sensors that stand-up to the outdoor rigor, measuring tiny perturbations in electrical signals to prevent failures.

An ultra-high temperature heliostat solar receiver to provide heat for our thermocatalytic reactors that react with CO2 at 1000 degrees C