Last Call: Submit Your Photos By May 23 For A Chance To Win Up To $2,500!

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The U.S. Division of Vitality (DOE) Photo voltaic Vitality Applied sciences Workplace (SETO) is looking for one of the best pictures of photo voltaic power with the American-Made Solar Photo Competition: Hit Me with Your Sun Shot. Photo voltaic power performs an vital position in powering the nation’s future and reaching a zero-carbon power provide. SETO is launching this picture competitors to deliver consideration to and doc photo voltaic power’s significance within the clear power transition. Winners of the competitors can earn as much as $2,500 for a photograph in one of many eight classes.

Overview

We’re searching for your pictures within the following classes:

• Photo voltaic and Climate (Climate) — Capturing the interaction between photo voltaic applied sciences and varied climate circumstances.
• Photo voltaic Workforce and Set up (Workforce) — Showcasing members of the photo voltaic workforce and people and groups behind photo voltaic installations.
• Concentrating Photo voltaic-thermal Energy (CSP) — Displaying CSP methods, their mechanisms, and the improvements of this photo voltaic sector.
• Analysis Processes, Photo voltaic Applied sciences in Element, and Manufacturing (Analysis-Manufacturing) — Highlighting the analysis, improvement, and manufacturing processes behind cutting-edge photo voltaic applied sciences.
• Utility-Scale, Business Photo voltaic, and Grid Integration (Utility-Scale) — Showcasing large-scale photo voltaic installations, together with these visibly built-in into utility grids.
• Neighborhood Photo voltaic/Multifamily Housing (Neighborhood) — Capturing the position photo voltaic performs in neighborhood sustainability via shared photo voltaic initiatives and solar-integrated multifamily housing.
• Residential Photo voltaic (Residential) — Capturing photo voltaic installations of residential properties.
• Agriculture and Photo voltaic, Photo voltaic in Nature, Photo voltaic and Wildlife (Nature) — Showcasing the coexistence of agriculture and solar energy and/or how photo voltaic initiatives work together with native wildlife.

All pictures should be submitted via the HeroX website as zip information utilizing this file naming conference: PhotoTitle_LastName_CategoryAbbreviation (Instance: PVandWildflowers_Smith_Nature)

All skilled and novice photographers are inspired to enter the competitors. All pictures should be taken inside the US or U.S. territories.

Submissions shall be judged primarily based on emotional enchantment and impression, composition, content material, technical high quality, and originality. Every class could have two awards: one winner and one runner-up. There can even be two total grand prize winners and SETO will acknowledge as much as 200 honorable mentions. The next quantities shall be awarded to every winner:

• Grand Prize: $2,500
• Class Winner: $1,000
• Class Runner-Up: $500

Timeline

• The competitors launched on March 5, 2024.
• Submissions are due Might 23, 2024 at 5 p.m. ET.
• SETO expects to announce winners in June 2024.

Extra Data

Information merchandise from U.S. DOE.