American-Made Challenges
Solar Prize Round 3
The American-Made Solar Prize is a $3 million prize competition designed to energize U.S. solar manufacturing through a series of contests and the development of a diverse and powerful support network that leverages national laboratories, energy incubators, and other resources across the country.
Round 3 Go! Contest Winners
Congratulations to our two winners from the Go! Contest! These teams will be awarded both $500,000 in cash prizes and program vouchers for use at national laboratories and connector facilities.
| entry title (listed alphabetically) | team | location | subject area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergrid: Keep solar power flowing when the grid is down | Maxout Renewables | Livermore, CA | Systems Integration |
| Wattch - The OS For Modern Energy Companies | Wattch | Atlanta, GA | Systems Integration |
Round 3 Go! Demo Day
The American-Made Solar Prize Round 3 finalist teams worked for months preparing to pitch their technology at Go! Demo Day. These 10 teams have been substantially advancing their solutions from proof-of-concept to refined prototypes and finding partners to perform pilot tests of the prototypes.
Round 3 Set! Contest Finalists
Congratulations to all of the finalists from the Set! Contest! These teams will be awarded both cash prizes and program vouchers for use at national laboratories and connector facilities. Round 1 Finalists and Semifinalists are eligible to compete in the Go! Contest.
| entry title (listed alphabetically) | team | location | subject area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergrid: Keep solar flowing when the grid is down | Maxout Renewables | Livermore, CA | Systems Integration |
| JuiceBox: Integrated Portable Solar Microgrid | Shine Technologies | Claremont, CA | Systems Integration |
| Low-Cost Parallel-Type DC Power Optimizer | Enertronics | Blacksburg, VA | Systems Integration |
| Plug-and-play universal solar monitoring | Verify Energy (Powerfly) | Berkeley, CA | Systems Integration |
| PowerBrain - infiniRel’s Inverter Health Analyzer | infiniRel Corporation | San Jose, CA | Systems Integration |
| Pursuit Solar - More Power. Less Hassle. | Pursuit Solar - More Power. Less Hassle. | Denver, NC | Photovoltaics |
| Robotics Changing the Landscape for Solar Farms | Renu Robotics Corporation | San Antonio, TX | Photovoltaics |
| TrackerSled, Solar-assisted Drawdown | TrackerSled | Chicago, IL | Photovoltaics |
| Uplift: Embedded Multifunction Power Electronics | Uplift Solar | Las Vegas, NV | Systems Integration |
| Wattch - The OS for Modern Energy Companies | Wattch | Atlanta, GA | Systems Integration |
The American-Made Solar Prize Round 3 teams worked hard to prepare the pitch of their technology at Set! Demo Day, revisit their innovations and progress.
Round 3 Ready! Contest Semifinalists
Congratulations to all of the semifinalists from the Ready! Contest! Twenty teams across 11 states have been identified as eligible to compete in the next two rounds of the Prize competition. These teams will be awarded a cash prize and are now eligible to advance in the Set! and Go! Contests!
Important dates for Round 3
- Submission opens: September 24, 2019
- Ready! Contest submission deadline: December 10, 2019 2:00 PM ET
- Ready! Contest peer ranking: December 17, 2019
- Ready! winners announced and Set! Contest begins: February 11, 2020
- Set! Contest winners announced and Go! Contest begins: July 2020
- Go! Contest winners announced: Estimated December 2020
All dates are subject to change including contest openings, deadlines, and announcements.
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Solutions that help shape the future of solar
Are you a thinker, entrepreneur, facility or potential partner? Anyone with an innovative idea can help transform the solar industry through the American-Made Solar Prize.
Follow the Challenge
Are you a thinker, entrepreneur, facility or potential partner? Anyone with an innovative idea can help transform the solar industry through the American-Made Solar Prize.
Follow the Challenge
