A know-how that’s revolutionising the upkeep of wind turbine blades has scooped a high prize eventually night time’s (30 November) Scottish Inexperienced Vitality Awards.
Geo-Structural, whose SQYFlex blade entry platform permits turbine technicians to hold out blade upkeep in adversarial climate situations, was proud winner of the Greatest Innovation Award for brand new know-how merchandise.
Scottish Renewables’ flagship occasion returned to the EICC in Edinburgh the place greater than 1,250 visitors celebrated Scotland’s renewable power trade and applauded the 15 award winners who have been recognised for his or her achievements over the previous 12 months.
The winners have been chosen by a panel of 15 judges from a shortlist of 51 finalists.
Among the many winners have been:
- Alladale Wilderness Reserve, Scotland’s oldest rewilding undertaking, was celebrated with the Carbon Discount Award for its Willow Schooling Centre which is a brand new facility offering area for younger folks to interact instantly with net-zero by studying about carbon sequestration, renewable power, zero waste meals manufacturing and peatland restoration.
- SafetyOn, a well being and security organisation for the Onshore wind sector, was recognised with the Optimistic Enchancment Award for its marketing campaign to lift consciousness and mitigate the dangers for the hundreds employed within the UK’s onshore wind trade.
- Offshore wind developer Ocean Winds has been working with faculties, schools and universities to coach and recruit the expert folks wanted to develop, assemble and function offshore wind farms throughout Scotland and was honoured with the Contribution to Expertise Award.
The Rt. Hon. The Lord Deben, Chair of the Local weather Change Committee 2012-2023, gave a keynote deal with the place he highlighted how Scotland’s renewable power trade is taking part in a serious function in serving to the UK attain it’s net-zero targets.
Claire Mack, Chief Government of Scottish Renewables, stated:
“This 12 months’s Scottish Inexperienced Vitality Awards are the proper solution to spherical off one other 12 months of success for Scotland’s renewable power trade.
“For greater than 20 years now we now have been celebrating the wonderful people who find themselves driving our trade ahead, sustaining our place as a worldwide chief of unpolluted energy, and that has once more been mirrored within the exceedingly excessive customary of all these nominated for awards.
“I’m all the time so impressed by the abundance of innovation, creativity, talent, dedication and dedication of these working in our trade which made it extraordinarily tough to decide on the 15 good award winners this 12 months.
“Every class is extremely aggressive so I’d prefer to congratulate all those that have been shortlisted in addition to those that took dwelling awards.”
Matthieu Hue, Chief Government of ED Renewables, stated:
“What an inspiring set of winners we now have for this 12 months’s Scottish Inexperienced Vitality Awards.
“It fills me with hope and optimism for the way forward for the renewables trade in Scotland.
“Congratulations to everybody who entered and to those that took dwelling an award this time.”
The complete listing of winners is as follows:
- Greatest Neighborhood Venture Award, sponsored by ScottishPower Renewables: Knoydart Renewables – Knoydart Vitality Safety Venture
- Greatest Engagement Award, sponsored by SmartestEnergy: SSE Renewables – Neighborhood Engagement Technique
- Greatest Innovation Award – New Expertise Merchandise, sponsored by Purple Rock Energy: Geo-Structural Ltd – SQYFlex
- Greatest Innovation Award – Software program and Companies, sponsored by SLR: RES
- Carbon Discount Award, sponsored by Statkraft: The European Nature Belief – Alladale Wilderness Reserve
- Champion of Renewables Award, sponsored by Fred. Olsen Renewables: Marcus Trinick KC
- Contribution to Expertise Award, sponsored by SSE Renewables: Ocean Winds
- Excellent Contribution Award, sponsored by BlueFloat Vitality | Renantis Partnership: Andrew Jamieson, ORE Catapult
- Excellent Venture Award, sponsored by RWE: SSEN Transmission – Inveraray to Crossaig electrical energy transmission community reinforcement
- Excellent Service Award, sponsored by Inexperienced Funding Group: EMEC
- Optimistic Enchancment Award, sponsored by Pure Energy: SafetyOn
- Sustainable Growth Award, sponsored by Hitachi Vitality: Hagshaw Vitality Cluster – Growth Framework
- Younger and Inspiring Award, sponsored by WSP: Lauren McIntosh, Xodus
- Younger and Inspiring Award, sponsored by WSP: Chris Coates, Downing Renewable Developments LLP
- Judges Award, sponsored by Ocean Winds: Ripple
