Judges and Criteria

Each award entry will be individually considered by a relevant group of industry professionals. Awards judging will take place in a secure location online.

The key criteria that the judges will be focusing on are:

  1. The importance and novelty of the technology/innovation/project in addressing a specific issue. ( /10)
  2. What sets it apart from other technology/innovation/project currently available to deal with the specific issue, and how flexible is the technology/innovation/project in dealing with other challenges. ( /20)
  3. Evaluation of the benefits, with a sense of financial benefit, cost savings, emission reductions, or other directly attributable benefits of the process/project/technology. ( /15)
  4. Evidence of the efficacy or effect of the innovation in practice, looking in particular at case studies. ( /20)
  5. Plus one category-specific criteria ( /15)
  6. Popular Vote ( /20)

Award Winners

The top organisation by score will receive the award in that particular category.

The top three organisations in each category by score will be recognised as short-listed and will be displayed on A2 posters at the event.

Judges Confirmed: SEMI PV-Group, IPVEA, PV Resources.com, PV Magazine, Photovoltaics International Journal.

Judges Invited: Fraunhofer ISE, Q-Cells, Solon, Suntech, Sharp Solar, Emcore, EuPD, Prometheus Institute, UNEP, EPIA, WCRE, Fraunhofer IPA, IEEE, AIST, NREL, SIA, JPIA, ITRI, VDMA, BSW, ISES.