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Winners of the CSP Today International Awards 2013
14 November 2013
CSP Today is proud to announce the winners of the CSP Today International Awards 2013. The ceremony took place on Tuesday, 12th November, as part of the International CSP Week.
Thousands of online votes cast by the concentrated solar power industry were assessed by a panel of Judges comprising, Luis Crespo, President of ESTELA, Avraham Brenmiller, CEO at Brenmiller Energy, Eduardo Zarza, Head of Solar Concentrating Systems at CIEMAT, Manuel Blanco, Solar Thermal Group Leader at CSIRO and Manuel Silva, Professor at University of Sevilla.
The winners of this year’s awards include:
CSP Technology Innovation Award
Rioglass Solar, S.A
CSP Engineering Performance Award
Schlaich Bergermann und Partner Consulting Engineers for Renewable Energy
CSP Dispatchability Solution Award
Torresol Energy
Emerging Market Achievement Award
Grupo Ibereólica
Industry Choice Award went to Abengoa
The CSP Today International Awards are granted to companies that excel in the industry and truly deserve an award for their great efforts on getting CSP further down the competitive route. Those exceptional companies were recognised on the 12th of November during the CSP Today International Awards Ceremony in Sevilla, hotel Barceló Renacimiento.
The Awards Ceremony has been organized by CSP Today in conjunction with the International CSP Week, 11-14 November, with over 400 attendees.
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