Scottish Enterprise recognised for its work with renewables

Scotland's tenth Green Energy Awards celebrated the successes of the renewables industry on 1 December with the largest ever ceremony.

The Scottish Green Energy Awards, sponsored by RWE npower and organised by Scottish Renewables, was held at the National Museum in Edinburgh.

Scottish Enterprise was recognised for its work with renewables, winning the Public Sector Initiative award.

Richard Yemm, Chief Technical Officer of Pelamis Wave Power, was awarded Outstanding Contribution.

Glasgow-based Gaia-Wind was presented with the award for Best Business Growth and Scottish & Southern Energy was awarded in the Innovation category, which was sponsored by Scottish Enterprise.

A full list of winners can be found here.

Niall Stuart, Chief Executive of Scottish Renewables, said: “These awards are the culmination of a year’s hard work and fantastic achievements for the renewables industry in Scotland.

“The winners reflect the huge strength in Scotland’s renewable energy industry, and the range of different types of projects from new community wind developments to cutting-edge wave and tidal devices. All of them will make their own important contribution to Scotland’s ambitions for renewables and in creating jobs, promoting investment and in cutting carbon emissions over the coming years.”

Mr Stuart added: “2011 has been incredibly important for the sector with the setting of a new 2020 renewable energy target, significant announcements of investment from Doosan, Gamesa, Mitsubishi and strategic acquisitions by Scottish businesses such as the Weir Group and Clyde Blowers.

“In the last twelve months the renewables sector has invested £75 million in Scotland and those projects in planning could bring a further £46 billion in the next ten years. The renewables industry has a lot to celebrate and the Scottish Green Energy Awards are a great way for us to do just that.”