Cohort 1 (2022–2024)
Meet innovators in West Gate's first cohort, learn about the technologies they developed, and see how to support efforts to broadly deploy these important renewable energy advancements.
These innovators were supported by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office and Building Technologies Office.
Learn about Andrew Gabor's work pioneering ultraviolet fluorescence technology for enhanced solar panel defect imaging to bolster the solar industry.
Supported by the Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office
Read about Grant Gunnison's work to offer homeowners an app-driven platform that significantly reduces quoted project times and costs.
Supported by the Building Technologies Office
Mikhail Konev took an approach to textile recycling using oxygen to break down plastics into their basic components.
Supported by the Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office
Stefan Streckfus focused on converting inactive oil and gas wells into gravity energy storage systems.
Supported by the Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office
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Last Updated Feb. 20, 2026