Candidates revealed for ninth annual clean energy event
The final shortlist has been released for the New Energy & Cleantech Awards 2016, the foremost event recognising excellence in the green energy and cleantech industries.
Some 62 nominees across ten categories will compete for such gongs as Innovator of the Year, Retailer of the Year and Advisory Firm of the Year, to present a complete picture of the top achievers in the sector.
Ben Lobel, of the New Energy & Cleantech Awards said: “Nothing seems to be able to stop the march of clean energy; renewable power accounted for 22 per cent of total UK power output during the first quarter of 2016, comfortably surpassing coal output.
“It is an exciting time and a perfect backdrop to celebrate our annual New Energy & Cleantech Awards.”
The complete shortlist is as follows:
Advisory Firm of the Year
Burges Salmon
Clarion
Deloitte
Rolton Group
Smith & Williamson
Turquoise Capital
Watson Farley & Williams
Zeus Capital
Deal of the Year
Bioenergy Infrastructure Group’s acquisition of Energy Works
Dearman raises £19.5 million from Park Vale Capital
Enovation Partners’ acquisition of Cleantech Group
GE’s acquisition of Blade Dynamics
GEV Group raises £5.4 million from Maven Capital Partners
POD Point raises £1.75 million on Crowdcube
Developer of the Year
Berkeley Group
Citu
Land Securities
Larkfleet
LendLease
Linden Homes
Entrepreneur of the Year
Jan-Willem Bode – Mongoose Energy founder
Steve Burt – EQi founder
Alistair Clarke – eConnect founder
Anthony Eskinazi – JustPark founder
Erik Fairbairn – Pod Point
Rowland Kinch – Custodian Data Centres and Maidstone Television Studios
Financier of the Year
Foresight Group
Green Investment Bank
Maven Capital Partners
Park Vale Capital
Salix Finance
Triodos Bank
WHEB Group
Innovator of the Year
Cambond Ltd
INTASAVE Energy
Limejump Ltd
NVP Energy
Public Power Solutions
Romag
SGN Ltd
Investor of the Year
350 Investment Partners
Abundance Investment
Columbia Threadneedle
Oxford Capital Partners
New Energy Champion of the Year
Anesco
Energyworx
Good Energy
Low Carbon
Lyreco UK
Polythene UK
Skeleton Technologies
ULEMCo
Retailer of the Year
Marks & Spencer
Aldi
Frugi
Riverford
People Tree
Waitrose
University Spinout of the Year
Fossil Free Divestment
Econic Technologies
Pavegen
Reduse