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Eligible: Agriculture, Individuals, Local Government, Nonprofits, Other, Utilities

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$50,000 - $225,000

Large Animal and Solar System Operations (LASSO) Prize

From US Department of Energy

'The American-Made Large Animal and Solar System Operations (LASSO) Prize offers $8+ million in cash prizes to multi-stakeholder teams that develop impactful projects to deepen our understanding of the co-location of solar photovoltaics (PV) and cattle grazing operations (cattle agrivoltaics). The LASSO Prize is designed to bring solar developers, farmers, ranchers, and other stakeholders together to form teams; build pilot sites; identify best practices, use cases, costs, applicable business models, and associated energy and agricultural outcomes; host field days; and more! Interested competitors are encouraged to create multi-stakeholder teams and compete in one of two available tracks: Standard Track or Operating Projects Track. Both tracks are accepting Phase 1 submissions until March 6, 2025, 5 p.m. ET.

  • Overview

    • Type

      Competitive Prize

    • Title

      Large Animal and Solar System Operations (LASSO) Prize

    • Source

      US Department of Energy

    • Federal or State

      Federal

    • Total Amount

      $8,000,000

    • Number of Awards

      Varies

    • Award Range

      $50,000 - $225,000

    • Status

      Active

  • Eligibility

    • Audience

      Agriculture, Individuals, Local Government, Nonprofits, Other, Utilities

    • Sector

      Agriculture, Energy Efficiency, Rural, Water & Natural Resources

    • Activity

      Planning, Program Implementation, Program Management, Project Finance

    • Eligibility

      Teams are encouraged to include members who are hardware and software manufacturers, local governments, utilities, commodity organizations, historically underserved producers, researchers, extension programs, and universities with expertise in cattle research and agrivoltaics. See the Official Rules for eligibility criteria here.

    • Location

      National

  • Application Process

  • Important Dates

    • Application Close Date

      Mar 6, 2025

    • Application Close Time

      2:00 PM PST

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