A team of seven University of Cincinnati undergraduate engineering students won first place in their division and the overall industry choice award in the U.S. Department of Energy's inaugural Solar District Cup.
The new competition challenges teams of college students to design innovative, cost-effective distributed energy systems for a "district" (a group of buildings with a common electrical distribution feeder).
From more than 60 initial submissions from universities across the country, 32 teams were named as finalists at the end of 2019 to continue with the competition. Ultimately, the UC team won first place in its division. The three division winners presented their projects live via video conferencing on April 27 to compete for votes for the industry choice award - UC bested their competition to earn that singular honor.
Solar panels. (Photo/Lincoln Electric Systems/Unsplash)
