Past Solar Cup Events
Solar Cup 2007: Click here for results Press Release Photos
Solar Cup 2006: Click here for results Press Release Photos - Overview Photos - Day of the Event
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The Solar Cup Program
Solar Cup is a seven-month program that begins in the fall, in which high school teams totaling about 900 students build and race solar-powered boats at Lake Skinner, in Temecula Valley, learning about conservation of natural resources, electrical and mechanical engineering, problem solving and much more.
Solar Cup 2008 (1,750 Kb. pdf)*
Solar Cup Factoids (154 Kb. pdf)*
Visual Display Project (361 Kb. pdf)* Frequently Asked Questions
Dates to Remember (34 Kb. pdf)*
Rules of Participation (135 Kb. pdf)* Please contact SolarCup@mwdh2o.com or call (866) 95-SOLAR (957-6527), if you have any questions or comments.
Directions to Lake Skinner: Take I-15 to Rancho California Road, Temecula; go east 10 miles to the main gate.
Admission is free.
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a cooperative of 26 cities and water agencies serving 18 million people in six counties. The district imports water from the Colorado River and Northern California to supplement local supplies, and helps its members to develop increased water conservation, recycling, storage, and other resource-management programs.