December 3, 2024
The winners of the Solar Builder Project of the Year Award have been announced! Congratulations to Adventure Science Center, Camino Real Mobile Estates, Cincinnati Zoo Solar Carport and the Escalante Solar Project. Editors’ Choice Awards were presented to the Michael Phelps House, Boerne Residential Solar+ Storage, Houston Solar Project, Stuttgart Microgrid and Vaisala Headquarters.
Please go to the official Projects of the Year site to read through all the winners and watch video interviews with key stakeholders. Congratulations to all this year’s winners and thanks to everyone who nominated, voted and/or shared a project on social media. And thanks Aurora solar energy for sponsoring this year’s awards.
What are the Project of the Year Awards?
Solar Builder’s annual Project of the Year awards celebrate the solar industry. Every year we try to highlight the hard work of construction teams and installers, the creativity of engineers, the leadership of developers and the commitment of so many local businesses, government agencies and non-profits to renewable energy.
The Project of the Year awards are also a reminder of progress. This year’s winners illustrate how communities are connecting to solar energy – not just for energy, but also for education and social impact. These projects show how good technology can overcome challenging terrain. They also represent a clear transition from carbon-intensive energy sources to a cleaner future.
Solar Builder Prices in 2024
Every year, your dedicated editors select a field of nominees from a slew of entries. Our reader base of solar professionals vote on the projects that impress them most, and then we celebrate them in the pages you’ll read. The winners will be divided into four categories based on capacity size:
We also have our Editors’ Choice awards, which spotlight projects we thought were too cool to leave in the shadows.
Listen to the winners of the 2024 Project of the Year Award
Less than 100 kW | Adventure Science Center
Developer: Everyone on solar energy, ReNew Solar Solutions EPC/Installer: Renewed solar energy solutions Modules: Solar power Inverters: CPS
101 kW to 1 MW | Camino Real Estate Mobile Real Estate
Developer/EPC: Solar gain Installer: Solar Profit, Terrasmart Modules: ZNShine Inverters: CPS Assembly/racking: Terrace mart
1 MW to 10 MW | Cincinnati Zoo Solar Carport
Developer: Cincinnati Zoo EPC/Installer: Melink, Terrasmart Modules: VSUN Inverters: CPS Assembly/racking: Terrasmart | Full story.
More than 10 MW | Escalante solar energy
Developer: Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Origis Energy EPC/Installer: Gridworks Inc., Sacramento Drills Modules: Bovite Inverters: Sunny Assembly/racking: Array Technologies, Unimacts
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