The WGES NOVA Awards Nominee Categories
WGES NOVA AWARDS honors those who continue to make outstanding contributions to the awareness and implementation of new, clean and sustainable energy for a vital economy and healthier planet. Use nominations forms for these esteem awards. The winners will be selected by the WGES Global Awards Committee and will be announced at the WGES.
- Energy Leadership Award: For outstanding, sustained, and visionary leadership in advancing the green energy industry.
- Technology Achievement Award: For developing and deploying a groundbreaking technology in renewable energy or efficiency.
- Champion Award: For an advocate or policymaker instrumental in promoting supportive legislation and public awareness.
- Future Leader Award: For a student or young professional demonstrating exceptional promise through research or advocacy.
- Solar Innovation Award: For breakthroughs in photovoltaic cell efficiency, novel materials, or solar thermal systems.
- Wind Energy Excellence Award: For innovations in turbine design, floating offshore platforms, or predictive maintenance.
- Energy Storage Breakthrough Award: For advancements in battery chemistries, grid-scale storage, or thermal storage solutions.
- Green Hydrogen Pioneer Award: For progress in electrolyzer efficiency, cost reduction, storage, or novel applications.
- Smart Grid & Digitalization Award: For AI-driven grid optimization, demand-response systems, or IoT energy management.
- Marine & Hydrokinetic Energy Award: For innovative technologies harnessing power from waves, tides, and currents.
- Geothermal Innovation Award: For advancements in enhanced geothermal systems or low-temperature applications.
- Grid Integration Solution Award: For technologies that enable seamless incorporation of variable renewables into the grid.
- Sector Coupling Award: For projects integrating energy systems, like linking power to transportation via EV charging.
- Circular Economy in Energy Award: For innovations in recycling critical minerals or sustainable lifecycle management.
- Next-Generation Nuclear Award: For advancements in small modular reactors (SMRs) or fusion energy.
- Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Award: For novel approaches to capturing, utilizing, or storing CO₂.
- Advanced Bioenergy Award: For innovations in algae-based biofuels, waste-to-energy conversion, or sustainable aviation fuels.
- Commercialization Award: For successfully moving a technology from the lab to a viable commercial product.
- Deployment & Scale-Up Award: For excellence in deploying a technology at a significant, impactful scale.
- Energy Access Award: For a technology or model that provides clean energy to underserved communities.
- Project of the Year Award: For excellence in the execution and impact of a specific renewable energy installation.
Person of the Year / Business of the Year − to an individual and / or a business who has excelled by example in living the message of "The Power of New Energy" making a social, economic and environmental impact for the greater good of all mankind and our planet.
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