Call for Submissions for the RGI 'Good Practice of the Year' award 2022 now open!
Are you part of a successful (offshore) project with a high transferability? Does your practice contribute to the acceleration of the energy transition? Are you aware of innovative solutions needed to solve the most topical issues that the energy world is confronted with today? RGI is eager to hear from you! Good practices in the well-established three categories can be handed in by 17 June 2022 via their online submission forms:
- Environmental protection - This category includes but is not limited to practices that tackle nature and biodiversity protection, marine offshore environment conservation as well as emission reduction.
- Communication & engagement - We are looking for practices that are improving public engagement, energy system education, stakeholder consultations, dialogue processes or are inventing new communication tools or engaging energy games.
- Technical innovation & system integration - If you have developed a new solution in the realm of smart grids, information technology, system flexibility, energy modelling or in any other area that will help enhance our renewables-based energy system of the future, send your submission in this category.
Anyone is welcome to apply for the award, which aims to recognise the efforts of those who work towards the system integration of renewables in an inclusive and environmentally friendly way: NGOs, TSOs, project developers, regulators, permitting bodies and representatives of EU-funded projects alike. Once collected, the submissions are passed to our jury of energy experts, who duly evaluate the practices and select the forerunners.
The winners from the 2021 award were:
- Environmental protection - The Nature Conservancy, for their impactful tool that helps reconcile energy with nature and biodiversity, Site Wind Right.
- Communication & engagement - The Laboratory of Energy Policy at the University of Ljubljana, for their innovative project promoting decentralisation through renewable energy communities in remote areas, COMPILE.
- Technical innovation & system integration - The SoLAR Allensbach consortium, for creating a comprehensive flexibility package for an increased integration of renewable sources into the grid.