Finalists From 21 Countries Vie for Platts Global Energy Awards
NEW YORK, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ — Energy companies from 21 countries on three continents have been chosen as finalists in the Platts Global Energy Awards, an annual program recognizing exemplary industry leadership. The 2010 finalists, selected from well over 200 nominations, were announced this week by program host Platts, the leading global provider of energy information.
Established in 1999 and widely recognized as the “Oscars” of the energy industry, Platts Global Energy Awards highlight corporate and individual innovation, leadership, and superior performance in 17 categories spanning the entire energy complex.
“This year’s record number of entries and finalists in the energy efficiency and technology categories underscores the industry’s increasing commitment to developing environmentally-conscious solutions to the world’s supply needs,” said Larry Neal, president of Platts. “We look forward to spotlighting our finalists’ accomplishments in these categories and all others when we unveil the Global Energy Awards winners in December.”
In concert with the program’s recent focus on sustainability and “green” efficiency and innovation, Platts now bestows two awards that recognize energy efficiency – one for Energy Efficiency Program of the Year - Energy Supplier and the other for Energy Efficiency Program of the Year - Commercial End-User. Altogether, 17 finalists are vying for these titles, including such notable “end-user” finalists as Coca-Cola Enterprises, Staples, McDonalds, and the United States Navy.
“This year’s nominations show that several of these cutting-edge programs and projects were funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and that our ‘Rising Star’ nominees are creating jobs that employ new approaches to meeting global demand for energy while addressing environmental concerns,” said Patsy Wurster, head of Platts Global Energy Awards program.
In addition to the awards in the specific performance categories, Platts will also name the 2010 Energy Company of the Year. The winner of this award will be chosen from the entire list of finalists by the program’s independent judges’ panel, which includes former regulators, past heads of major energy companies, leading academics and international energy experts.
More than 500 guests are expected to attend the black-tie dinner at New York’s Cipriani Wall Street on Thursday, December 2, when the 2010 Global Energy Awards will be presented by Platts and Capgemini, the program’s principal sponsor for the past eight years. Co-sponsor Elster Integrated Solutions and celebration sponsor SolArc return for the third year for the dinner, and co-sponsor SAIC and opening reception sponsor Credit Suisse will both be back for a second time.
The awards event will be preceded on December 1 with an associated event, Platts Global Energy Outlook Forum, an industry debate on the topic of “Clean Energy: Fact or Fiction?”
Corporate and industry representatives who wish to attend the awards dinner or the forum are asked to register in advance at http://www.etouches.com/gea2010 . Accredited media who wish to attend can register at http://marketing.platts.com/forms/SMSGEAPressRegistration-2010. For more information on the Awards, visit the Platts Global Energy Awards website at www.globalenergyawards.com.
Below is the full list of 2010 Global Energy Awards finalists by category. They can also be found at http://geaweb.platts.com/Finalists.aspx?xmlFile=Finalists2010.xml on the Platts Global Energy Awards website.
Vision & Leadership
CEO of the Year Deal of the Year
Marc Gerken, American
Municipal Power ABB Group
Aubrey McClendon, Chesapeake ARMZ Uranium Holding Co. /Uranium
Energy One
J. Brett Harvey, CONSOL
Energy Inc. Chesapeake Energy
Tim Healy, EnerNOC CONSOL Energy Inc.
J. Wayne Leonard, Entergy
Corporation El Paso Corporation
Rafael Villaseca, Gas
Natural Fenosa Kosmos Energy
David Crane, NRG Energy,
Inc. Mansfield Oil Company
Gregory Boyce, Peabody Morgan Stanley /The Bank of Tokyo-
Energy Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
Antonio Brufau, Repsol NRG Energy, Inc.
Ahmed A. Al-Subaey, S-OIL Spectra Energy /Maritimes &
Corporation Northeast Pipeline, LLC
David Ratcliffe, Southern
Company Zorlu Enerji Group
Flavio Cattaneo, Terna SpA
Industry Leadership Award Lifetime Achievement Award
Christopher Bloch, Boyle Energy
Chesapeake Energy Services and Technology
Edison International Arnold Goldman, BrightSource Energy
Energy Curtailment
Specialists Peter Cartwright, Avalon EcoPower
James G.P. Dehlsen, Clipper
EnerNOC Windpower, Inc.
Elizabeth "Betsy" Moler, Exelon
Excelerate Energy Corporation
Kurt Yeager, Galvin Electricity
Model Fuels Consortium Initiative
Peabody Energy Joe Turnage, UniStar Nuclear Energy
James Wood, U.S. Department Of
PJM Interconnection Energy
Silver Spring Networks Richard Kelly, Xcel Energy
SolarCity
Southern Company
United States Navy Task Force Energy
Operational Excellence
Downstream Operations of the
Year Energy Producer of the Year
Excelerate Energy Cairn India Limited
Gail (India) Limited Chesapeake Energy
Jamshoro Joint Venture
Limited CNOOC Limited
Mansfield Oil Company Coal India Ltd.
Repsol Peabody Energy
Sakhalin Energy Investment Company
SCF Sovcomflot (SCF Group) Ltd.
Thai Oil Public Company Limited
Rising Star Award Power Company of the Year
Alter NRG Corp Calpine Corporation
ARMZ Uranium Holding Co. Duke Energy
CoaLogix Entergy Corporation
Element Markets LLC North Delhi Power Ltd
Enviromena Power Systems PJM Interconnection
Green Gas International BV Terna SpA
Nodal Exchange Xcel Energy
OPOWER
OTC Global Holdings
Pricelock, Inc.
Stream Energy
Viridity Energy
Outstanding Programs
Community Development Program of Green Energy Initiative of the
the Year Year
AES Dominicana Alter NRG Corp
AES El Salvador Green Mountain Power
AGL Resources HDR, Inc. / Gills Onions
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation
Chesapeake Energy Limited
Entergy Corporation Kruger Products L.P.
OMV Pakistan NRG Energy, Inc.
PacifiCorp /MidAmerican Energy
Peabody Energy Holdings Company
Thai Oil Public Company Limited TURBINA IPD
The Bangchak Petroleum Public Company Limited
United Scrap Metal, Inc.
Energy Efficiency Program of the Energy Efficiency Program of
Year - Commercial End-User the Year - Energy Supplier
Coca-Cola Enterprises AGL Resources
Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling
Company SA Ameren Illinois Utilities
McDonald's USA LLC Baltimore Gas & Electric
Petroliam Nasional Berhad
(Petronas) DTE Energy
Reliance Industries Ltd. Iberdrola S.A.
Staples, Inc. National Grid
Texas-New Mexico Power (TNMP)
Tesco plc Company
United States Navy Task Force
Energy Xcel Energy
Valero Energy Corporation
Premier Projects
Engineering Project of the
Construction Project of the Year Year
Bechtel Power Corporation /
FirstEnergy /Babcock & Wilcox / AREVA Inc. /Michael Baker
Stantec Inc Engineering, Inc.
Black & Veatch Corporation /Plum Entergy Corporation -
Point Power Partners Tungsten Shielding
Entergy Corporation - Davis-
Florida Power & Light Company Besse
Fluor Corporation Fluor Corporation
The Shaw Group /Cleco Trina Solar /Fotowatio
Corporation Renewable Ventures
URS Corp. / Allegheny Energy Uhde India Private Limited
United States Navy Task Force
URS Corp. / Constellation Energy Energy
URS Corp. / Detroit Edison
URS Corp. / Salt River Project
Leading Technologies
Sustainable Technology Innovation Commercial Technology of the
of the Year Year
Aquamarine Power AES Andres
Calera CNOOC Limited
Cool Earth Solar Constellation Energy
Energy Curtailment
CURRENT Group, LLC Specialists
Enel Ingegneria e Innovazione SpA EnergyConnect
Fomento de Construcciones y
Contratas, S.A. (FCC) EnerNOC
Ice Energy Entergy Corporation
Idaho National Laboratory Indji Systems
MyCelx Technologies North Delhi Power Limited
SolFocus Orion Energy Systems, Inc.
Virent Energy Systems, Inc. PG&E Corporation
Westport Innovations Inc. Suniva
Infrastructure Project of the Year
AGL Resources / Virginia Natural Gas
Adriatic LNG
Excelerate Energy
NextEra Energy Resources
Northeast Utilities
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