The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) is launching the American-Made Promoting Registration of Inverters and Modules with Ecolabel (PRIME) Prize.
Donor Name: Solar Energy Technologies Office
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Awards and Prizes
Deadline: 04/18/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
This prize aims to incentivize the registration of solar photovoltaic (PV) module and inverter products through the Global Electronics Council’s (GEC’s) Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) ecolabel for sustainable electronic technology products.
The PRIME Prize is a two-phase, competition aimed at increasing EPEAT registration of solar PV modules and inverters.
The goal is to help manufacturers meet the high bar for EPEAT product standards and make their products more attractive to purchasers with sustainability goals.
The prize incentivizes the registration of PV module and inverter products through the EPEAT ecolabel. EPEAT is an ecolabel operated and maintained by the Global Electronics Council (GEC) for certain electronic products, including solar PV modules and inverters.
Prize Structure
The PRIME Prize offers a total prize pool of $2.7 million in cash prizes across two phases.
- Phase 1: Manufacturers submit letters of intent to register up to four PV module or inverter products with EPEAT and provide proof of participation with the GEC. Winners will receive $50,000 in cash and move to Phase 2.
- Phase 2: Manufacturers validate that their products meet all required EPEAT criteria and submit proof of EPEAT product registration from the GEC. At the end of Phase 2, manufacturers win $100,000 in cash for each of the products identified in their Phase 1 submission that achieve EPEAT registry listing, up to $400,000 in cash total.
Grant Period
The PRIME Prize will be awarded in two phases over a 2.5-year period from prize launch.
Eligibility Criteria
The PRIME Prize is open to U.S.-based manufacturing organizations of either solar PV modules or inverters. Eligible applicants must not have any previously EPEAT-registered PV modules or inverters.
For more information, visit SETO.
