U.S. Department of Energy Solar District Cup Collegiate Design Competition

Research output: NLRPoster

Abstract

The Solar District Cup is a multidisciplinary collegiate competition that challenges student teams to design and model standalone solar and solar-plus-storage systems for multiple buildings on a local electrical distribution network, such as a college campus, across a development, or in a district. Students learn cross-cutting skills that prepare them to become part of the next generation of the distributed energy workforce. Student teams act as renewable energy developers proposing to solar and solar-plus-storage system requests. Students, faculty, and prospective employers can benefit from knowing about this program and what students learn--either immediately as participants, mentors, or judges, or as potential employers of Solar District Cup alumni. RE+ is also one of our competition partners.
Original languageAmerican English
PublisherNational Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Number of pages1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2025

Publication series

NamePresented at RE+, 8-11 September 2025, Las Vegas, Nevada

NLR Publication Number

  • NLR/PO-7A40-95732

Keywords

  • collegiate competition
  • Solar District Cup

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