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2023 Sunny Awards

$200k in prizes

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Advanced Cybersecurity Technology 1 Prize

$8.96 million in prizes

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Buildings UP

$22 million in prizes

CABLE Prize

Up to $5.1 million in prizes

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Carbon Management Collegiate Competition

Clean Energy Coalition Prize

$2.1 million in prizes

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Collegiate Wind Competition

$280k in prizes

Community Energy Innovation Prize

$7.49 million in prizes

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Community Power Accelerator

$10 million in prizes

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Community Power Accelerator Round 2

$10 million in prizes

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Digitizing Utilities Prize

$500k in prizes

Direct Air Capture Pre-Commercial EPIC Prize

$3.7 million in prizes

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Direct Air Capture Pre-Commercial Tech Prize

$3.2 million in prizes

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E-ROBOT Prize

Up to $5.38 million in prizes

EAS-E Prize

$2.4 million in prizes

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EPIC Prize

$1 million in prizes

EPIC Prize Round 2

$4 million in prizes

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Energizing Rural Prize

$15 million in prizes

Energy CLASS Prize

$4.5 million in prizes

Energy Storage Innovations Prize

$300k in prizes

EnergyTech University Prize

$400k in prizes

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FAST Prize

$550k in prizes

FLOWIN Prize

Up to $6.85 million in prizes

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Fish Protection Prize

Up to $700k in prizes

Geophone Prize

$3.65 million in prizes

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Geothermal Lithium Prize

$4 million in prizes

Geothermal Manufacturing Prize

Up to $4.58 million in prizes

Groundbreaking Hydro Prize

$300k in prizes

H-Prize: Hydrogen Shot Incubator

$2.6 million in prizes

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H2Os Prize

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HBCU Clean Energy Education Prize: Inspire Track

$900k in prizes

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HBCU Clean Energy Education Prize: Partner Track

$6.75 million in prizes

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Heliostat Prize

$3 million in prizes

High Voltage Direct Current Prize

$200k in prizes

Hydrogen Business Case Prize

$350k in prizes

Hydropower Collegiate Competition

$420k in prizes

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I AM Hydro Prize

$175k in prizes

ITEAM Prize

InDEEP Prize

$420k in prizes

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Inclusive Energy Innovation Prize

$2.5 million in prizes

L-Prize

$12.2 million in prizes

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Lab MATCH Prize

$620k in prizes

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Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize

Up to $6.2 million in prizes

MAKE IT Prize

$30 million in prizes

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Make A Splash

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Marine Energy Collegiate Competition

$325k in prizes

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Microbattery Design Prize

$1.1 million in prizes

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Net Load Forecasting Prize

$600k in prizes

Ocean Observing Prize

$3 million in prizes

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Perovskite Startup Prize

Up to $3.37 million in prizes

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Solar Ambassador Prize

$3.85 million in prizes

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Solar Data Bounty Prize

$1.42 million in prizes

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Solar Desal Prize Round 2

Up to $4.5 million in prizes

Solar Desalination Prize Round 1

Up to $8.05 million in prizes

Solar Forecasting Prize

$375k in prizes

Solar Prize Round 1

Up to $4.29 million in prizes

Solar Prize Round 2

Up to $4.29 million in prizes

Solar Prize Round 3

Up to $4.29 million in prizes

Solar Prize Round 4

Up to $4.1 million in prizes

Solar Prize Round 5

Up to $6.25 million in prizes

Solar Prize Round 5 - Hardware Track

$3 million in prizes

Solar Prize Round 5 - Software Track

$1.6 million in prizes

Solar Prize Round 6

Up to $6.25 million in prizes

Solar Prize Round 7

$4.2 million in prizes

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SolarApp+ Prize

$840k in prizes

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Water Resource Recovery Prize

$1 million in prizes

Waves to Water Prize

$3.3 million in prizes

Wind Turbine Materials Recycling Prize

$5.1 million in prizes

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