Intersolar India 2012 honors outstanding projects in the category Solar Projects in India for the first time
Mumbai/Pforzheim/Freiburg, November 6, 2012: Today in Mumbai, the Intersolar AWARD for the category Solar Projects in India was presented for the first time at Intersolar India, India’s largest exhibition and conference for the solar industry. The international solar industry prize pays tribute to companies for particularly outstanding solar projects. The Intersolar AWARD for the categories Photovoltaics, Solar Thermal Technologies and PV Production Technologies was presented on June 13, 2012 at Intersolar Europe in Munich. The technology prize for the category Solar Projects in India was today presented to three companies as part of an official ceremony that took place at 4:00pm (Indian Standard Time) at the Intersolar India Innovation Exchange. Exhibitors at Intersolar India 2012, Intersolar North America 2012, Intersolar Europe 2012 and Intersolar China 2011 were entitled to submit entries for the prize.
A total of eight projects were nominated for the new Intersolar AWARD category in early October 2012. An independent jury composed of experts from research, science, and industry selected three outstanding projects from the group of nominated companies.
The Intersolar AWARD for the categories Photovoltaics, Solar Thermal Technologies and PV Production Technologies was presented on June 13, 2012 at Intersolar Europe in Munich. The prize pays tribute to particularly innovative products and developments from across the solar industry. The launch of the Solar Projects category this year was heralded by the first award for Solar Projects in North America, which was presented during Intersolar North America on July 10, 2012.
Exhibitors at Intersolar India 2012, Intersolar North America 2012, Intersolar Europe 2012 and Intersolar China 2011 were entitled to submit entries for the category Solar Projects in India. To be shortlisted for the Intersolar AWARD, projects needed to use solar energy in a pioneering and unique way. Further criteria on which the jury based its decision included the ways in which the projects are beneficial to the environment and society, their economic advantages and their degree of technological innovation.
