Dept. of Energy solar dataset presentation from GovTech Hackathon in San Francisco, Mar 27-28, 2015

1. Welcome to the #GovTechHack
Thanks for lending your skills for civic good!
@TechSuperwomen
@CapitalOneLabs
@codeforamerica
@CODE2040
@anitaborg_org
@18F

2. Dept. of Energy Solar Datasets
Shine on!
BOSCO
SO

3. Solar?
It’s all about Software, API, & Big Data!

5. energy.gov/sunshot
● Funds $275M annually
● Challenges, grants, & awards
● Runs like a VC
● De-risking innovation for
subsequent private
investments
● Multiple funding tiers
o Catalyst: $100K
o Mega-FOA: $200K - $5M
o Infomatics: TBD
Dept. of Energy SunShot Initiative

6. SunShot Catalyst
catalyst.energy.gov
● Semi-annual $1M prize
challenge
● $25K SW development or HW
prototyping credit
● Five final $100K cash prizes
● Y-Combinator style application
o 2 minute video pitch
o online résumé
● Demo Days: May, Nov
● Application deadlines: June,
Dec

7. bit.ly/solar-topics-2015
● 130+ solar software, API, and
Big Data topics
● Crowdsourced from industry
● 35+ topics has stamp of approval
from SunShot - “Thumbs Up”
logo
Catalyst Topics

8. Solar Hackathon - Apr 17&18
bit.ly/sfuncube-solar-hackathon-2015
SfunCube - Incubator/Accelerator/Coworking space
focusing on Solar
● $10K total cash prizes
● Fri, Apr 17 - Sat, Apr 18
● Meet solar industry leaders
● Form team
● Build prototype
● Apply to SunShot Catalyst

9. bit.ly/GovTechHack
govtechhack.slack.com
Let’s get hacking!