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The Excellence in Renewable Energy Award Winners Have Been Chosen!

The Renewable Energy World Network of publications have announced the winners of the 2010 Excellence in Renewable Energy Awards. The awards, which were presented at the Renewable Energy World Conference and Expo in Austin, Texas, recognize the most cutting-edge projects, people and technologies in the clean energy industry.

After narrowing down hundreds of submissions, RenewableEnergyWorld.com editors and readers have chosen the top seven winners and recognized them for their achievements in advancing the market for renewable energy in North America.

READERS' CHOICE

This award is given to the favorite pick by our readers from the finalist in the following categories: Project of the Year, Utility Scale Renewables, Distributed & On-Site Renewables and Building Integrated Renewables.

WINNER

PROJECT of the YEAR

This award recognizes the highest achievement for a renewable energy project of any scale. It can be given to a tech company, a developer, a financier, or even an individual, and it is judged on the overall WOW! factor.

WINNER

FINALISTS

• First Wind's 200-MW Milford Wind Corridor
• Enel's 65-MW Stillwater and Salt Wells Geothermal Power Plants
• Hydro Green Energy's 250-kW Minnesota Project
• E.ON Climate and Renewables 781-MW Roscoe Wind Farm

UTILITY SCALE RENEWABLES

This is an award for projects, technologies or programs related to a utility scale renewable energy system. It can represent a renewable energy program for customers, an innovative project or a technology that allows utility scale projects to improve performance.

WINNER

FINALISTS

• Southern California Edison & ProLogis's 2.4-MW Project
• SMUD's 1.2-MW Solar Share Program
• Tacoma Power's 300-MW Mossyrock Hydro Rebuild
• Beacon Power's 20-MW Flywheel Plant

DISTRIBUTED & ON-SITE RENEWABLES

This award recognizes projects, technologies or programs related to an on-site renewable energy system that is sub-utility in scale and that may be used at an industrial or large commercial installation.

WINNER

FINALISTS

• Florida Crystals Renewable Co-Generation Plant using Sugar Cane Bagase Combustion
• Recurrent Energy's 1-MW Solar PV Project for The North Face
• Solar Electric Light Fund's 10-kW Haitian Health Clinic Project
• SPG Solar's 478-kW "Floatovoltaics" Project for Far Niente Winery

BUILDING INTEGRATED RENEWABLES

This award recognizes technology, design, or outstanding innovations related to integrating renewable energy systems into building materials and construction.

WINNER

FINALISTS

• Yale's 105.6kW Kroon Hall Project Featuring SunPower BIPV & Geothermal
• Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation's New Headquarters Featuring 48-kW of Rooftop DNA-Shaped Wind Turbines and 77 kW of Solar PV
• Bardessono Inn Featuring 197-kW of BIPV
• The Visionaire Building Featuring 48-kW of altPOWER BIPV

LEADERSHIP in RENEWABLE ENERGY

This award recognizes an individual who has made an exceptional contribution in the field of renewable energy.

WINNER

WINNER

FINALISTS

• Cliff Etheredge, Entrepreneur, Roscoe Wind Farm
• Arno Harris, CEO, Recurrent Energy
• Lisa Frantzis, Navigant Consulting Inc.

INNOVATION in RENEWABLE ENERGY

This award recognizes excellence in a program, technology, finance or policy that advances renewable energy.

WINNER

FINALISTS

• Triton Sonic Wind Profiler, Second Wind
• Cool Earth Solar Concentrator, Cool Earth Solar
• Ontario Feed-in Tariff Program, Ontario Canada
• Solyndra's Thin-film CIGS Photovoltaic Tubes