by Shane Henson — December 12, 2011—Twenty-one companies who have shown themselves to be leaders in energy management and sustainability were honored during the 2011 Platts Global Energy Awards held recently in New York.
Now in their 13th year and widely regarded as the “Oscars” of the energy industry, Platts Global Energy Awards are hosted by Platts, a leading provider of energy, petrochemicals and metals information and a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Platts receives more than 200 nominations each year, and nominations have come from more than 25 countries, including Brazil, India, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Russia, and the United States
This year’s “green” winners include U.S.-headquartered office supply giant Staples and Canada’s Ontario Power Authority (OPA). Both companies were lauded for “Energy Efficiency Program of the Year,” with Staples coming in first in the “end-user” category and OPA winning in the “supplier” category.
Honored for technologies that promote sustainable energy were Germany’s E.ON Climate & Renewables, which won Platts’ “Green Energy Generator of the Year” award, and LanzaTech, a six-year-old company founded in New Zealand, which snagged the “Sustainable Technology Innovation of the Year” award.
