Solar Prize Set! Demo Day

The American-Made Solar Prize is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) and administered by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). This challenge is the inaugural prize competition of the American-Made Challenges through DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

American-Made Solar Prize

Join Greentown Labs, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office in Boston for a national demonstration day event for the American-Made Solar Prize.
This spring, <A HREF="https://www.energy.gov/eere/articles/innovators-selected-advance-competition-designed-boost-solar-manufacturing" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">twenty teams advanced</A> to the second stage of the Solar Prize—called the Set! Contest—have been working to advance their technology solutions toward a viable proof of concept. At the demo day, teams will pitch their innovations to a panel of judges, and 5-10 finalists will be chosen to compete in the last stage of the competition. Finalists will have the chance to win up to $200,000 in cash prizes and up to $75,000 in vouchers that can be used for technical assistance at the national laboratories and other facilities in the American-Made Network.
The <A HREF="https://americanmadechallenges.org/solarprize" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Read more about American-Made Solar Prize" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">American-Made Solar Prize</A> is a $3 million prize competition designed to revitalize U.S. solar manufacturing through a series of contests that support entrepreneurs as they transform concepts into early-stage prototypes ready for industry testing.
Check out the <A HREF="https://www.herox.com/SolarPrize/community" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">semifinalist teams</A> who will be competing at Set! Demo Day to learn more about their exciting innovations!
 
Demo Day Agenda
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8:00-9:00: Breakfast—Arrival and check-in
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9:00-9:30: Greentown CEO Welcome–<A HREF="https://www.greentownlabs.com/team/emily-reichert-staff-page/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr. Emily Reichert</A>; Welcome to the American Made Solar Prize Set! Demo Day–<A HREF="https://www.energy.gov/eere/contributors/charlie-gay" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr. Charlie Gay</A> (Solar Energy Technologies Office Director); Program overview–<A HREF="https://www.nrel.gov/research/debbie-brodt-giles.html" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Debbie Brodt-Giles</A> (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
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9:30-10:30: Teams 1-7 present
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10:30-10:45: Break
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10:45-11:45: Teams 8-14 present
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11:45-1:00: Lunch break
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1:00-2:00: Teams 15-20 present
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2:00-2:30: Judges visit teams
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2:30-4:30: Social and networking (while judges convene for decision making)
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4:30-5:00: Announcement of Set! finalists–Dr. Charlie Gay/Victor Kane/Debbie Brodt-Giles
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Useful Event Details: 
Parking: Greentown Labs does not have any parking but is a short 1-mile walk from the Harvard MBTA station down Kirkland and Washington Streets. Union Square in Somerville is also easily accessible via the #86 and #91 MBTA buses. They offer indoor bike parking on-site and the three closest Blue Bikes (formerly known as Hubway) stations are at 33 Dane St., Conway Park and Union Square.

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