Community Power Accelerator Prize — Round 2
Pays U.S. community solar developers cash across three phases from a $10 million pool.
Community Power Accelerator Prize — Round 2 is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) prize, run by its Solar Energy Technologies Office, that pays U.S. community solar developers cash across three phases from a $10 million pool. Competitors move through three phases: Ready!, Set! and Grow!, each with its own cohort of up to 25 winners and its own per-winner cash award. Winners get training, free consu…
The prize funds U.S. community solar developers and co-developers, including newer entrants and organizations expanding an existing community solar business. It backs multiple projects at once, not a single deployment, and looks for teams able to build a repeatable pipeline. Applicants who applied to Round 1 were encouraged to apply again with updated materials.
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