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The Cleanie Awards® Announces 2022 Winners

February 22, 2023

The #1 Clean Energy Awards Platform Doubled Submissions and Awarded Winners Across 15 Categories

The Cleanie Awards, the leading awards program focused on celebrating people and brands delivering on the promise of a clean energy future, today announced its 2022 winners. This year’s winners included organizations across the spectrum of the industry — from enterprise to small business to individuals clearing the path for the clean energy transition. 

The signing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) last summer offered a historic and transformative investment of nearly $370 billion in climate, energy, and environmental justice. This funding is expected to generate more than nine million jobs over the next decade – and as the clean energy industry continues to grow, so too does The Cleanie Awards. 

Of this year’s 15 award categories, four of them were voted on by the public including Climatetech VC of the Year, Project of the Year, Top Climate and Clean Energy Journalist, and Top Clean Energy and Sustainability Podcast. This year’s vote for Project of the Year saw an 85% increase in the number of votes from 2021. 

The Pioneer in New Technology Award has proven so popular that it had to be broken out into multiple market segments to accommodate for the overwhelming response across the spectrum of industry technologies — encompassing batteries, efficiency, electric vehicles, grid, hydrogen, and storage. 

“We applaud this year’s applicants and winners, as well as the industry colleagues that contributed to the highly competitive People’s Choice awards,” said Randee Gilmore, Executive Director of The Cleanie Awards. “The clean energy transition has accelerated this year given the boost of the IRA, maturing technologies, a surge of capital funding, and the rollout of ambitious climatetech projects. In the year ahead, we look forward to engaging in additional brand storytelling around our growing community to amplify the companies, organizations, and thought leaders paving the way to a sustainable future.”

Clean Energy Company of the Year

Enterprise 

Gold: Avantus 

Silver: The AES Corporation 

Bronze: Enel North America 

Honorable Mention: Resideo 

SMB 

Gold: Electrify America 

Silver: Atlas Renewable Energy 

Bronze: PosiGen Inc. 

Honorable Mention: Perch Energy 

Startup 

Gold: Ageto Energy 

Silver: Tenet 

Bronze: Natel Energy 

Honorable Mention: ACCURE Battery Intelligence 

Clean Energy College Student, sponsored by Repowering Schools

Gold: Efran Amini, Stevens Institute of Technology  

Clean Energy Investment Leader of the Year

Gold: Hannon Armstrong  

Silver: SoCalGas Research, Development, & Demonstration 

Bronze: Arowana 

Climatetech VC of the Year

People’s choice!

Gold: Energy Foundry

Champion in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 

Corporate

Gold: Peak Power 

Silver: Electriq Power 

Individual

Gold: Savannah Whitfield, Black Bear Energy, a Legence Company 

Corporate Sustainability Initiative

Gold: The Hershey Company 

Silver: Array Technologies 

Bronze: GoodLeap

Keep The Power On

Gold: East Bay Community Energy 

Silver: Arizona Public Service (APS) 

Pioneer in New Technology

Battery 

Gold: Addionics 

Silver: Ascend Elements 

Bronze: Lion Energy 

Honorable Mention: ESS Inc.  

Honorable Mention: Ionblox 

Efficiency 

Gold: Mainspring Energy 

Silver: LevelTen Energy 

Bronze: Kraken Tech

Electric Vehicles  

Gold: Highland Electric Fleets 

Silver: ev.energy  

Grid

Gold: PXiSE Energy Solutions 

Hydrogen

Gold: Hysata Pty Ltd 

Silver: BayoTech 

Storage

Gold: Ampt 

Silver: Brenmiller Energy 

Bronze: Alsym Energy 

Honorable Mention: Amogy 

Project of the Year

People’s choice!

Gold: Convergent Energy and Power, National Grid

Public Affairs Campaign of the Year

Gold: Nextracker 

Rising Star 

Under 30

Gold: Gautham Ramesh, Avantus 

Silver: Brandon Baxter, SOLV Energy 

Under 40

Gold: Christopher Castillo, Castillo Engineering 

Silver: Cory Gessert, DNV 

Bronze: Robin Laine, Transect 

Honorable Mention: Barrett Bilotta, Agilitas Energy 

Honorable Mention: W. Scott Buckley, Green Lantern Solar 

Top Climate and Clean Energy Journalist

People’s choice!

Gold: John Engel, Renewable Energy World

Top Clean Energy and Sustainability Podcast

People’s choice!

Gold: Political Climate

Trailblazer

Gold: Marion Hill, DNV 

Silver: Michael Eckhart, Citigroup, Inc. (Retired) 

Bronze: Chris Perron, Nexamp 

Honorable Mention: Mike Casey, Tigercomm 

Honorable Mention: Janani Ramkumar, CS Energy 

Woman of the Year

Gold: Sandhya Ganapathy, EDP Renewables North America 

Silver: Dawn Robinson, CS Energy

Visit www.thecleanieawards.com to learn more about the program and sign up for notifications about next year’s application process.

About The Cleanie Awards®

The Cleanie Awards is the only cleantech industry awards program focused on honoring innovators, accelerators, and disruptors who are creating market-moving climate solutions. The program’s mission is to influence public opinion about technologies working to create a sustainable future for our global community. The team includes a prominent advisory board and judging panel of recognized business leaders, entrepreneurs, and communicators who are committed to the clean energy economy. For more information, visit the website at www.thecleanieawards.com and follow the awards on Twitter or Facebook at @CleanieAwards and on LinkedIn at The Cleanie Awards.

Contacts

Randee Gilmore, Executive Director, The Cleanie Awards, randee@thecleanieawards.com

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