WINNERS - Energy Business Awards, 2008
Geneva, London, Oct 29 2007
Celebrating their 7th anniversary, the Energy Business Awards 2008 were announced this evening at EMART Energy 2008 in Geneva - the annual European platform for energy trading.
Energy Business rewards excellence in a number of key energy business disciplines; to those companies who are making a significant impact on the way energy business is conducted, trading risks mitigated, precious energy resources utilised, energy systems developed, environmental degradation curtailed, energy technology advanced, and energy production and consumption distributed more efficiently and ethically.
The 2008 Award Winners Are:
For Excellence in .
Energy Trading
Gold Award: Goldman Sachs
Silver Award: Morgan Stanley
Energy Risk Management
Gold Award: Barclays Capital
Silver Award: Morgan Stanley
Energy Technology
Gold Award: Allegro Development
Silver Award: SunGard Energy Solutions
Energy Policy & Implementation
Gold Award: International Energy Agency (IEA)
Silver Award: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Emission Markets
Gold Award: Spectron
Silver Award: Deutsche Bank
Renewable Energy
Gold Award: Amerex (A Division of GFI Group)
Silver Award: BNP Paribas
Energy Marketing & Communications
Gold Award: GFI Group
Silver Award: Point Carbon
Energy Broker of the Year
Spectron
Energy Exchange of the Year
CME Group/NYMEX
Energy Company of the Year
Constellation Energy
Guy Isherwood, publisher and editor of Commodities Now magazine and co-founder of the Energy Business Awards says, "All shortlisted companies are worthy representatives in their chosen field of excellence. This year saw a greater number and breadth of companies nominated for these Awards and reflects the growing importance and awareness of energy business disciplines."
Jeremy Wilcox of the Energy Partnership and founder of the Energy Business Awards says, "This has been yet another successful year with almost 8,000 votes across the 10 categories of excellence. As in previous years, the winners have exhibited leadership, innovation and creativity in addressing key challenges in the evolving and dynamic energy marketplace."
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To download the full results and citations, go to:
Notes to editors:
The Energy Business Awards: A two-stage process
The EBAs are a two-stage process, comprising a nomination period followed by voting on a shortlist of five nominees in each award category.
Stage 1: This first stage was for nominations and concluded on September 5th 2008. Companies from throughout the energy complex were invited to nominate themselves or others in any one of the categories of excellence.
Stage 2: The second stage [from September 8th to September 26th] involved voting for 1 of 5 nominees from each category drawn up by the Awards Panel. In 2008, nearly 8,000 votes were cast across the award categories.
Full information on the Awards and the Awards process is available at the EBA website:
www.energy-business.com
Contacts:
The Energy Business Awards, 2008 were adjudicated by Commodities Now magazine and The Energy Partnership.
Any correspondence associated with these awards should be addressed to:
Guy Isherwood
Publisher/Editor,
Commodities Now magazine
T: + 44 (0) 20 7584 0000
E: gish@commodities-now.com
Jeremy Wilcox
Managing Director,
The Energy Partnership
T: + 44 (0) 1273 327 108
E: jeremy@energy-partnership.co.uk