The chairman and chief executive of the company which owns Scottish Power is urging today’s students to take up the challenges faced by the energy sector today, in particular that of developing technology to help ensure a more sustainable world for future generations. He said: ‘Scotland has a proud tradition in this regard’.
Delivering the James Blyth lecture – named after the Scots engineer who patented and last century built the world’s first working wind turbine at a mental asylum in Montrose – Ignacio Galan said: “Scotland and Scottish engineers have a long history of leading the world in engineering innovation.
“Glasgow and Scotland are still leading the way in sectors like renewable energy, with multinational companies setting up here to tap-in to this stream of engineering talent,” he said.
“With huge global investments to decarbonise the energy sector and modernise electricity grids, engineering graduates have a world of opportunities in front of them. Demand for good engineers is far greater than the supply and we are one of very few sectors offering lifelong career opportunities and employment.”
Working or studying in energy? Want to win £500? Then enter the Heriot-Watt Scottish Energy Researcher of the Year Awards today!
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The Energy Academy at Heriot-Watt University is working in partnership with Scottish Energy News to celebrate achievement by individuals or companies that have been working on energy or energy-related research for less than 10-years.
- Do you stand out from your peers? Are you:
- An enthusiastic undergraduate
- A post-graduate doing further research?
- Already working in research and development (R&D)?
If you can convince our panel of judges of the impact or potential impact of your work, or you know someone that you think is worthy of consideration, you/they could win an award of £500. But we need to hear from you!
The awards will be presented at a ceremony hosted by the Green Investment Bank in Edinburgh on Thursday 14th May by the Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism, Fergus Ewing, MSP.
When you look back on what you’ve done or look forward to what you are going to do, how has this or how might this shape the direction of future research or R&D in the energy sector in Scotland?
Categories
Prizes will be awarded to one individual or company in each of the following categories:
- Energy and the environment;
- Energy in the marine environment;
- Energy materials and storage;
- Energy and fossil fuels;
- Energy infrastructure and society; and
- Energy entrepreneurship.
Criteria
The competition is open to any company or individual undertaking pure or applied research and/or research and development at a Scottish university, HEI or company (irrespective of size). There’s no age limit, but you need to have been working on energy or energy-related research for less than 10-years.
How to apply
Send us your CV and a good story about yourself and what you’ve done or what you are about to do – it’s as simple as that.
E-mail your application to: HWU-ScottishEnergyNews-Awards@hw.ac.uk
What you should include
As well as the above, we would like to see:
- a letter of nomination (although applicants may self-nominate);
- some evidence of the quality of your work or the impact it has had or you, or your peers think that it’s likely to have (we aren’t being prescriptive about this; it’s up to you how you choose to do this);
- how you are committed to the future development of energy research and R&D in Scotland
Our panel will be looking for:
- Early-career researchers, an excellent academic record relative to your peers at the same stage of your career and evidence of how you are going to develop this; and/or
- Evidence of an outstanding contribution to your chosen field of energy- or energy-related research.
- Applicants for the energy entrepreneurship category, evidence of how your work has made or you think will make, a demonstrable contribution to society and the economy in Scotland.
The deadline for applications has been rescheduled to: Tuesday 17 March 2015.
The shortlist of finalists will be announced approximately one month before the Awards ceremony in May 2015.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Patrick McCarthy
Heriot-Watt University
Tel: 0131 451 3881
email energy@hw.ac.uk or p.mccarthy@hw.ac.uk
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