EmPower Silicon Valley Annual Scholarship Competition
Our climate is changing, but a clean energy future is on the horizon. By working together, we can help ensure that our future is a clean and climate-friendly one. We’re gathering student stories to energize positive change.
The 2025 EmPower Silicon Valley Music & Art Competition
Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) is proud to announce our fifth annual EmPowerSV scholarship competition! Local middle and high school students can participate in creating their clean energy-themed songs, album covers, or performances and win up to $3,000.
SVCE invites students to share their stories and solutions to climate change for scholarship awards and a chance to perform live. Students will have six weeks to create and submit a song or art piece that creatively showcases clean energy topics.
We are no longer accepting applications for the 2025 application cycle. If you would like to apply, or are interested in future SVCE youth scholarship opportunities, please sign up on our interest form to stay updated.
The 2025 EmpowerSV Music & Art Competition Winners
Scholarship Competition Event Recap
2025 Finalists at Campbell Boogie Fest
Best Performance Award
Gatherers of Light
Joshua Ryu, Saratoga
Album Cover Award
Clean Energy, Clean Earth
Audrey Lin, Cupertino
Songwriting Award
The Polar Bear’s World
Jennifer Choi, Monte Sereno
Zero Waste Award
Can’t Stop the Solar
Clarabelle Wang, Cupertino
Honorable Mentions
Journey Around the World
Darien James, Los Gatos
All About that Smart Thermostat
Elspeth Luu, Cupertino
Can’t Stop the Solar
Maple Fan, Cupertino
Petals of Change
John Kim, Saratoga
