☀️ New Prize Incentivizes Sustainable Solar Manufacturing

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) opened the American-Made Promoting Registration of Inverters and Modules with Ecolabel (PRIME) Prize, a $2.7 million competition that promotes ecolabel registration to standardize and improve domestic inverter and solar photovoltaic (PV) module sustainability.

The PRIME Prize seeks to increase registration of solar modules and inverters through the EPEAT ecolabel. EPEAT is an ecolabel operated and maintained by the Global Electronics Council for certain electronic products, including solar PV modules and inverters. The prize aims to help manufacturers meet the criteria for EPEAT product standards and make their products more attractive to purchasers with sustainability goals.

The PRIME Prize is open to U.S.-based manufacturing organizations that produce solar PV modules or inverters. Eligible applicants must not have any PV modules or inverters already registered with EPEAT.

The prize consists of two phases, spanning two and a half years. Each competitor can win up to $450,000 of the $2.7 million cash prize pool.

To learn more, sign up to attend an informational webinar on October 30 at 12 p.m. ET. Register to compete by April 17, 2025.

DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy | energy.gov/eere