A expertise that’s revolutionising the upkeep of wind turbine blades has scooped a prime prize finally evening’s (30 November) Scottish Inexperienced Power Awards.

Geo-Structural, whose SQYFlex blade entry platform permits turbine technicians to hold out blade upkeep in hostile climate situations, was proud winner of the Finest Innovation Award for brand spanking new expertise merchandise.

Scottish Renewables’ flagship occasion returned to the EICC in Edinburgh the place greater than 1,250 visitors celebrated Scotland’s renewable vitality business 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 challenge, was celebrated with the Carbon Discount Award for its Willow Training Centre which is a brand new facility offering house for younger individuals to interact instantly with net-zero by studying about carbon sequestration, renewable vitality, 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 business.
• Offshore wind developer Ocean Winds has been working with faculties, schools and universities to coach and recruit the expert individuals 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 tackle the place he highlighted how Scotland’s renewable vitality business is enjoying a significant position in serving to the UK attain it’s net-zero targets.

Claire Mack, Chief Government of Scottish Renewables, mentioned:

“This 12 months’s Scottish Inexperienced Power Awards are the proper strategy to spherical off one other 12 months of success for Scotland’s renewable vitality business.

“For greater than 20 years now we’ve got been celebrating the superb people who find themselves driving our business ahead, sustaining our place as a worldwide chief of unpolluted energy, and that has once more been mirrored within the exceedingly excessive commonplace of all these nominated for awards.

“I’m all the time so impressed by the abundance of innovation, creativity, ability, dedication and dedication of these working in our business which made it extraordinarily troublesome to decide on the 15 good award winners this 12 months.

“Every class is extremely aggressive so I’d wish to congratulate all those that have been shortlisted in addition to those that took residence awards.”

Matthieu Hue, Chief Government of ED Renewables, mentioned:

“What an inspiring set of winners we’ve got for this 12 months’s Scottish Inexperienced Power Awards.

“It fills me with hope and optimism for the way forward for the renewables business in Scotland.

“Congratulations to everybody who entered and to those that took residence an award this time.”

The total checklist of winners is as follows:

• Finest Neighborhood Challenge Award, sponsored by ScottishPower Renewables: Knoydart Renewables – Knoydart Power Safety Challenge
• Finest Engagement Award, sponsored by SmartestEnergy: SSE Renewables – Neighborhood Engagement Technique
• Finest Innovation Award – New Expertise Merchandise, sponsored by Purple Rock Energy: Geo-Structural Ltd – SQYFlex
• Finest Innovation Award – Software program and Providers, 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 Power | Renantis Partnership: Andrew Jamieson, ORE Catapult
• Excellent Challenge 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 Improvement Award, sponsored by Hitachi Power: Hagshaw Power Cluster – Improvement 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