Billed because the UK’s greatest celebration of renewable vitality, The Scottish Inexperienced Power Awards 2023, opened for nominations on 26 July.
This yr’s occasion will return to Edinburgh on 30 November 30 to have a good time “the inspirational organisations, folks and initiatives going above and past to assist decarbonise Scotland’s vitality system.”
The awards welcome submissions in 12 classes from all renewable vitality applied sciences, together with wind, hydro and photo voltaic to wave, tidal, low-carbon warmth and extra.
Classes embrace the Finest Engagement Award, the Contribution to Expertise Award and new for 2023 are the Finest Innovation Award – New Know-how Merchandise and the Finest Innovation Award – Software program and Providers.
Claire Mack, Chief Government of Scottish Renewables, stated:
“Scotland’s renewable vitality trade continues to go from power to power, and in addition to enjoying a key function within the UK financial system it’s making a significant contribution in our efforts to sort out local weather change.
“The Scottish Inexperienced Power Awards is a chance to return collectively and have a good time trade achievements and honour the inspirational organisations, folks and initiatives making an actual distinction to the well being, wealth and wellbeing of our nation.
“It’s all the time such an honour to recognise the ground-breaking work being delivered in clear vitality throughout Scotland and I’m all the time impressed by the expertise, ardour and innovation showcased by these driving actual change.
“I stay up for our trade coming collectively on the finish of the yr to have a good time the successes we’ve had over the previous 12 months and to stay up for 2024 as we proceed on our net-zero journey.”
The occasion, headline-sponsored by EDF Renewables, will happen on the Edinburgh Worldwide Convention Centre.
Nominations at the moment are being accepted within the following classes:
- Finest Group Venture Award (sponsored by ScottishPower Renewables)
- Finest Engagement Award (sponsored by SmartestEnergy)
- Finest Innovation Award – New Know-how Merchandise (sponsored by Purple Rock Energy Restricted)
- Finest Innovation Award – Software program and Providers
- Carbon Discount Award (sponsored by Statkraft)
- Champion of Renewables Award (sponsored by Fred.Olsen Renewables)
- Contribution to Expertise Award (sponsored by SSE Renewables)
- Excellent Contribution Award (sponsored by BlueFloat Power | Renantis Partnership)
- Excellent Venture Award (sponsored by RWE)
- Excellent Service Award
- Constructive Enchancment Award (sponsored by Pure Energy)
- Sustainable Improvement Award (sponsored by Hitachi Power)
As well as, the shortlist for the Younger and Inspiring Award, sponsored by WSP, consists of the eight winners of our April 2023 Younger Professionals Inexperienced Power Awards.
They embrace Venture Engineer Colin Thompson who used revolutionary route evaluation software program to ship an answer in 4 months fairly than the 12 months it will have historically taken; an Apprentice Wind Turbine Technician who took an uncommon route into the trade from a six-year profession as a hairdressing stylist, and Julie Le Négaret who performed a key function in delivering an revolutionary vitality storage idea demonstrator mission in Leith.
A Judges Award, sponsored by Ocean Winds, will even go to a nominee the judges really feel deserves particular commendation and will probably be introduced on the night time of the occasion.
Matthieu Hue, CEO of EDF Renewables UK and Eire, stated:
“The Scottish Inexperienced Power Awards are a implausible celebration of the renewable vitality trade and the vital function it performs in serving to Scotland obtain net-zero.
“EDF Renewables is extraordinarily proud to proceed our sponsorship of those awards and to have a good time all that has been achieved over the previous twelve months.
“Yr after yr the standard of entries continues to impress, and I count on the 2023 Awards will probably be no completely different in that regard. At a time when renewable vitality has by no means been extra vital to growing vitality safety, The Scottish Inexperienced Power Awards are an amazing showcase of the depth of expertise and innovation throughout the trade.”
Nominations for The Scottish Inexperienced Power Awards 2023 have to be made earlier than the deadline of 5pm on Monday, 11 September at https://www.scottishrenewables.com/occasions/195-sgea23/classes.
