🏆 Meet the Winners of the Solar District Cup Class of 2024

Find out who won Project Pitch Champion & get ready for a new round of the competition.

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Solar Energy Technologies Office  Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced the winners of the Solar District Cup Collegiate Design Competition Class of 2024 during a live event at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).   The Solar District Cup challenges student teams to design and model solar-plus-storage systems to meet the energy needs and decarbonization goals of campus, Tribal, and urban mixed-use districts. Throughout the competition, cross-disciplinary students design proposals that reimagine how electric energy is generated, managed, and used in these various environments, while gaining industry experience and connections. The winners are: Bring-Your-Own-District Use Case Division   First Place: Portland State University (Portland, OR)  Second Place: Manhattan College (Bronx, NY)   Third Place: University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)   California State University, Northridge Use Case Division   First Place: University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT)   Second Place: Villanova University (Villanova, PA)   Third Place: The George Washington University (Washington, DC)   Miami University of Ohio Use Case Division   First Place: Appalachian State University (Boone, NC)   Second Place: Macalester College (Saint Paul, MN)   Third Place: The Solar Dragons Team from Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA)   Honorable Mention: Northeastern University (Boston, MA)   University of Florida Use Case Division   First Place: The Ray Catchers Team from Boise State University (Boise, ID)   Second Place: Kankakee Community College (Kankakee, IL)   The University of Texas at Dallas Use Case Division   First Place: University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez (Mayagüez, PR)   Second Place: The University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)   Third Place: North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)   Honorable Mention: The EcoDragons Team from Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA)   University of Washington Use Case Division   First Place: The Pennsylvania State University (Centre County, Pennsylvania)  Second Place: Texas A&M University (College Station, TX)  Third Place: Columbia University (New York, NY)   Honorable Mention: University of Colorado Boulder (Boulder, CO) The first-place teams pitched their concepts to a panel of industry experts. The judges then voted on the most promising design, selecting the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, the winner of the University of Texas Dallas Use Case Division, as the Project Pitch Champion. Congratulations to all the participants! Read more about the Solar District Cup and the winning teams and stay tuned for more information about the next round of the Solar District Cup.

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