2026 Winners & Finalists
Apprentice of the Year
- Grace Dennehy, RWE Renewables
- Kiel Taylor, Ørsted
- Alisha Doughty, RWE
- Adam Holt, Riverlution CIC
Education Programme of the Year
- Wind Energy Workshops, RWE
- Dogger Bank South offshore wind farms education programme, RWE and Masdar
- Decarbonising our Campus, Bishop Burton College
- 14–16-Year-Old Student Mentoring, Phillips 66 Humber Refinery and Engineering UTC
- Outer Dowsing Energise Workshops
- Champions for Wind, RWE
Health & Safety Award
- RWE’s Personal Choices Programme
- RWE’s RESQ+ Challenge
- HFR Solutions CIC
- Georgia Grace, Ørsted’s East Coast Hub
Leader of the Year
- Bailey Bradley, XceCo
- Ash Wray, C3 Group
- Nathan Kerins, RWE
- Vicky Dunn, Grimsby Community Energy
- Hannah Damary-Wilson, Specialist Wind Services
Offshore Wind Company of the Year
- Prior Power Solutions
- Specialist Wind Services
- RWE
Renewable Energy Project of the Year
- Sofia Offshore Wind Farm, RWE
- Reusing waste fines into briquettes, Invica Industries
- Grimsby Community Energy
Small Business of the Year (under 50 employees)
- UKSTEM
- Grimsby Community Energy
- Precision Marine Survey
- Specialist Wind Services
- HDM Energies
- Rix Renewables
- Offshore Training Centre -Grimsby
- Elite Services Group
- Circular Renewables
Large Business of the Year (over 50 employees)
- HDM Solar
- Hobson & Porter
- RWE
Innovation of the Year
- Specialist Wind Services and Blackrow Group Strategic Partnership
- Reusing waste fines into briquettes, Invica Industries
- Humber Gateway Subsea Cable Stabilisation for Offshore Wind, RWE
- Humber Gateway ‘One Day Service’, RWE
- Killingholme Marshes Drainage Scheme, Able UK
- Grimsby Hub and Centralised Control Room, RWE
- LiftaLoo – the world’s first single point lift offshore toilet, Cargostore Worldwide
- Hornsea 3 Uncrewed Surface Vessel, Ørsted
Skills & Training Award
- THRIVE Safety Leadership Training, Active Training Team
- Energy Estuary Pioneers Programme, Hull College and Siemens Gamesa
- Technician Career Pathway Programmes, RWE
- Maersk Training Humber
- Emerging Leaders and New Leaders Programmes, RWE
- Offshore Training Centre, Grimsby
- HFR Solutions CIC
- Employability and Enterprise Programme, Ørsted and Horizon Youth Zone Grimsby
- Drax Power Station
- Wind Turbine Training, DN Colleges Group
