“We can now present the six final candidates for the World Bioenergy Award 2012. They are entrepreneurs, researchers and government officials from three continents and represent complementary parts of the international bioenergy sector” says Jakob Hirsmark, product manager of World Bioenergy and member of the jury.
“We can see a fantastic development of bioenergy globally today. It is driven by climate and energy policies. But just as important are the actions and engagement of forerunners. With this prize we want to reward these inspired individuals” says Kent Nyström, president of World Bioenergy Association and member of the jury.
The aim of the World Bioenergy Award is to recognize an individual who has made a difference: a business leader, politician or researcher who in a crucial way has furthered the development of the bioenergy sector.
”Bioenergy has the capability to provide access to affordable clean energy solutions up to the last mile, protect and nurture the environment, integrate the bottom most layer of rural society into the country’s growth story by creating incomes and opportunities, and make nations energy self-reliant,” comments one of the nominees for the award, India’s Aditya Handa, who is the President of World Bioenergy Association.
Another nominee, Harry Stokes, of the Stokes Consulting Group and Executive Director of Project Gaia echoes Handa’s comments saying: ”Since the global environment links us all and since half the world’s populatin living in energy poverty will jeopardize everybody, even those who have all the energy needs, it is within everybody’s interest to promote the use of biofuels in the developing world, not only for export but also for local use”.
Read more about the candidates in Bioenergy Magazine 4.
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