GREEN REVIEW
Awards celebrated the successes of the renew- ables industry with its largest ever ceremony. Among the winners were MSP Rob Gibson SNP for Best Politician and Judith Pat- ten, founder of All-Energy for her outstanding contribution to the industry. The Scottish Green Energy Awards, sponsored by RWE npower renewables and or- ganised by Scottish Renewa- bles, was held at the National Museum in Edinburgh. In a keynote speech the busi- ness secretary Vince Cable, told the 1,000-strong audi- ence: ‘The UK is a world leader in green energy, and Scotland is at the heart of this. From the work in the Orkneys on tidal wave energy to the new catapult centre in Glas- gow, Scotland’s renewable energy industry is a vital part of the UK’s energy sector. ‘The industry supports thou- sands of jobs and investment is on track to top £1 billion in 2012. This has been facili- tated by collaboration in our universities and research insti- tutes, commitment at all levels of government and business to secure investment and the
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hard work of those drilling piles and assembling kit in the North Sea.’
Judith Patten, founder of All- Energy, was awarded Out- standing Contribution to the industry for her many years of hard work and dedication as project director of the UK’s largest renewable energy event which is held in Aber- deen every May.
Edinburgh-based Celtic Re- newables won the much cov- eted award of Best Innovation for their sustainable biofuel product.
Highlands and Islands Enter- prise beat off stiff competi- tion to win best Public Sector Initiative for their successful guidance of the wave and tidal industry with the vision to establish EMEC and have capital in key infrastructure upgrades such as the port at Lyness, Orkney.
The inaugural Best Journalism award, sponsored by Vatten- fall, was won by Sumit Bose, Energy Live News, for his fea- ture on wave and tidal energy development at Orkney’s Eu- ropean Marine Energy Centre (EMEC).
Niall Stuart, chief executive of Scottish Renewables, said:
strength we have in Scot- land’s homegrown renewable energy sector, in our supply chain and in the individuals that have all worked incredibly hard to make it another suc- cessful year for the industry. ‘The fact the Scottish Green Energy Awards has grown by some 50 per cent in just three years is also testament of the growth of the industry to become what is one of the largest corporate award cer- emonies in the country. ‘We have seen a fantastic range of different types of projects win a Scottish Green Energy Award this year; from well-established community wind farm schemes such as Fintry to cutting-edge subsea technologies like those de- veloped by Aberdeen-based ROVOP. All of them will make their own important contribu- tion to Scotland’s ambitions for renewables and in creating jobs, promoting investment and in cutting carbon emis- sions over the coming years.’ Mr Stuart added: ‘This year has been incredibly important for the sector with the set- ting of a new interim target of generating the equivalent of 50 per cent of our electric- ity needs from renewables by 2015.’
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