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  • 2026 North Carolina Renewable Energy Challenge

    Coastal Studies Institute 850 NC-345, Wanchese, NC, United States

    With funding from the North Carolina Renewable Ocean Energy Program and in partnership with KidWind and Jennette’s Pier, the Coastal Studies Institute (CSI) hosts the day-long North Carolina Renewable Energy Challenge annually on the ECU Outer Banks Campus in Wanchese. This year’s event will include wind and underwater turbine competitions with upper elementary & middle (grades 4-8)and high school (grades 9-12) divisions for each. The competition aims to increase engineering solutions for…

  • 2026 Oklahoma KidWind Challenge

    Enel Office 525 NW 11th St Suite 204, Oklahoma City, OK, United States

    The Oklahoma KidWind Challenge is a hands-on renewable energy competition that engages students from across Oklahoma in STEM. Student teams bring small-scale wind turbines that they’ve designed to the Challenge where they will be tested for power output. Teams also meet with a panel of expert judges to present their design process and demonstrate their contextual knowledge, and tackle instant…

    Free

  • Klamath Falls KidWind Challenge

    Henley High School 8245 OR-39, Klamath Falls, OR, United States

    Solar Home Competition Create a solar powered home. A solar home is a type of structure that considers the environment, the inhabitants, and its functional and aesthetic design. We encourage teams to think creatively and even fantastically about their solar homes. The environment can range from outer space to the arctic, and the inhabitants can be anything from people to…

    Free

  • 2026 Alaska Clean Energy Olympics

    Begich Middle School Creekside Center Drive, Anchorage, AK, United States

    The Alaska Clean Energy Olympics event is the culmination of months of student engineering. During the event, teams will test the performance of their wind and solar projects, present their project, design process, and data to a panel of expert judges, complete a mystery instant-challenge, and take a clean energy knowledge test. Teams are split into three age divisions (4-5…

  • 2026 Statewide Michigan KidWind Final

    Western Michigan University College of Engineering and Applied Sciences 4601 Campus Drive, Kalamazoo, MI, United States

    The third annual Michigan KidWind Challenge is a wind turbine construction and testing event for students in grades 4-5, 6-8, and 9-12. Grade-level students will design, build, test, and compete using innovative wind turbine blade geometries and gearing solutions. Winners in each grade category will be invited to attend the 2026 World KidWind Challenge at the  University of Wisconsin-Madison campus…

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  • 2026 Southeast Alaska Clean Energy Olympics

    Begich Middle School Creekside Center Drive, Anchorage, AK, United States

    The Alaska Clean Energy Olympics event is the culmination of months of student engineering. During the event, teams will test the performance of their wind and solar projects, present their project, design process, and data to a panel of expert judges, complete a mystery instant-challenge, and take a clean energy knowledge test. Teams are split into three age divisions (4-5…

  • 2026 VA State Challenge

    JMU Festival Conference and Student Center Carrier Drive, Harrisonburg, VA, United States

    Winners from all regional events are invited to compete for a place at Worlds!

  • Kansas State Event (Salina)

    Tony's Pizza Events Center The Midway, Salina, KS, United States

    The KidWind Challenge is an annual event that allows students to explore the power of wind by building and testing wind turbines and then competing against other teams in their age division (4th-5th, 6th-8th, or 9th-12th). Watch our 3-minute overview video to see what the competition is like. The top two winners in each age division from each regional challenge move…

  • 3rd Annual South Dakota Wind & Solar KidWind Challenge

    Gregory Auditorium 222 Main St, Gregory, SD, United States

    The KidWind Challenge is a hands-on renewable energy competition that engages students in STEM. Student teams bring small-scale wind turbines or solar homes that they’ve designed to the Challenge where they will be tested for power output. Teams also meet with a panel of expert judges to present their design process and demonstrate their contextual knowledge. When: Thursday, 9 April…

    Free

  • Northern Arizona Kidwind Challenge

    Coconino Center for the Arts North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, United States

    The KidWind Challenge is a hands-on wind turbine design competition that engages students in STEM and renewable energy. Student teams build small-scale wind turbines and bring them to the Challenge where they will be tested in a wind tunnel. Students will also present on their design process to a panel of local judges. Top performing teams will have the chance…

  • New Orleans KidWind Challenge

    Earl K. Long Library Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, LA, United States

    We invite you to attend the KidWind Challenge, a collaborative showcase celebrating our university’s partnership with KidWind and schools across Orleans Parish under the WE LEAD NOLA program. This event highlights student innovation and renewable energy education in our community. The challenge is a hands-on design competition in which teams present and test their small-scale wind turbine designs that they have constructed. Students,…

    Free

  • 2026 Long Island KidWind Challenge

    Stony Brook's Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology 1500 Stony Brook Rd, Stony Brook, NY, United States

    The KidWind Challenge is a hands-on renewable energy competition that engages students in STEM. Student teams bring small-scale wind turbines that they’ve designed to the Challenge where they will be tested for power output. Teams will meet with a panel of expert judges to present their design process, demonstrate their contextual knowledge, and tackle instant challenge activities. Students will build…

    Free