The finalists for the first Wales Green Energy Awards have been announced today. The new awards, organised by RenewableUK Cymru, celebrate the achievements of the green energy industry in Wales.
A panel of independent judges comprising Lee Water, Director of the Institute of Welsh Affairs, Peter Davies, Wales’ Commissioner for Sustainable Futures and Chris Kelsey, Environmental Editor at Media Wales, will choose the winners of the seven categories to be announced in a ceremony on Wednesday 9 October in St David’s Hotel in Cardiff.
Llywelyn Rhys, Deputy Director of RenewableUK Cymru , said: “This is the first year that we have run the Wales Green Energy Awards and we have been impressed with the quality of the entries. It was good to see such a spread of green energy projects taking place right across Wales and the judges will have a hard job choosing the winners.”
The finalists for the seven categories are listed below.
Community initiative sponsored by the Waterloo Foundation
Contribution to skills & training
Supply chain development
Public sector sponsored by Vattenfall
Outstanding contribution to public awareness of green energy
Renewables start-up
Outstanding green energy project
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Press release, September 17, 2013; Image: renewableuk