Wednesday, May 30, 2018
By Sonia Fernandez
Lightweight material and innovative and durable design along with a solid business plan, UC Santa Barbara student tech entrepreneur team MoreSolar came away victorious at the final round of the 2017-18 Technology Management Program (TMP) New Venture Competition (NVC). Their innovation — a wind-driven solution to inefficiencies caused by the accumulation of dust and dirt on large-scale photovoltaic systems — garnered the team the $10,000 first prize as well as a $2,500 Impact Award.
![The winning teams at the 2018 TMP New Venture Competition](https://engineering.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_left/public/images/news/2018_NVC_finalists_680x550.jpg?itok=zqL-Fbg7)
Proud winning teams at the 2018 TMP New Venture Competition.