By Naomi Little
As part of the 2024 Sustainability Awards, we’re highlighting energy suppliers that are working with sustainably produced and planet friendly energy sources. The winners in this category are working with the natural environment to give consumers an alternative choice to fossil fuel based energy consumption.
We’re excited to introduce the 2024 Sustainability Awards winners in the Energy Category.
Gold Winner Case Study: EcoVolt
Location: Australia
Materials Used: Power, Lighting
Website: https://ecovoltelectrical.com.au/
EcoVolt Electrical is an Australian company that’s making serious waves in sustainable energy and smart home technology. They specialise in combining renewable energy solutions, like solar power and battery storage, with cutting-edge smart home technology. Their whole approach is about giving homeowners and businesses more control over their energy usage, helping them cut costs while reducing their environmental footprint.
What really sets EcoVolt apart, and played a big part in why they were recognised as a winner in the sustainable energy category, is how they integrate sustainable power systems with modern automation.
It’s not just about installing solar panels and batteries.
EcoVolt’s products are designed to work together to make energy use more efficient and intuitive. Connecting everything from solar generation to home energy monitoring, smart appliances, and electric vehicle charging.
Standout innovation: Integrating, automating and connecting energy sources with home smart appliances.
Quote from EcoVault:
“At Ecovolt our philosophy is simple and that is to provide the best service at the best price safely. With over 20 years of experience, it pays to use Ecovolt for all your electrical needs.”
EcoVault
Source: https://ecovoltelectrical.com.au/
About EcoVault:
Complement empowers you to make your own decisions for your health—with plant-based vitamins, supplements, and hard-to-get nutrients to help build the optimal system to fit your lifestyle and goals. Complement has helped redefine what it means to thrive through clean nutrition and a healthy lifestyle. And the next phase starts with you.
Source: EcoVault
Silver Winner Case Study: 100 Green
Location: UK
Focus: Energy & Gas
Website: https://www.greenenergyuk.com/
What sets 100 Green apart in the energy space, is gas. They offer 100% green gas options on top of their other green and renewable energy products. The gas is made via an Anaerobic Digestion process that uses materials such as bio-waste and manure as its base. This alleviates the need to mine gas in unsustainable ways, such as fracking. On top of that, all forms of energy acquired by 100 Green’s supply lines are 100% Certified Green. Meaning you don’t have to worry about energy costing the earth when you use it.
To make it even easier to switch to 100% green energy, 100 Green offers different tariff rates to lessen the economic burden that comes with energy suppliers on the whole, across the UK. Helping you to sleep well at night, all warm and cosy. Plus, there are no setup fees to use their energy services, if you’re switching from another supplier.
Looking a little deeper into where the energy sources come from, we found that 100 Green has an option for people to sell excess green energy to them, so long as you have a domestic generator.
All energy sources are tracked to the source, ensuring the collected energy is 100% green.
100 Green have a unique approach to carbon offsetting, as in they don’t offer it, preferring to tackle the issue of climate change at its source by offering 100% green energy that is produced in a sustainable way.
100 Green Standout innovation: Offering 100% green gas created from bio-waste and manure, amongst other naturally forming waste products, as an energy source for home owners.
Quote from 100 Green:
“We’re the UK’s only supplier of 100% green gas produced using a mix of natural waste and organic material, our 100% green gas makes all of our tariffs truly sustainable.”
100 Green
Source: 100 Green https://www.greenenergyuk.com/about100green
About 100 Green:
100 Green is the UK’s only supplier of 100% green energy; our electricity is renewable and our gas is completely green too. When you sign up to 100Green, you are choosing energy that has been sustainably generated from green and renewable sources. No gimmicks, no carbon offsetting. Just 100% green gas and electricity for people who genuinely care about their impact on our environment.
Source: 100 Green
Bronze Winner Case Study: Array Technologies
Location: USA with a global presence
Materials Used: Solar Energy & Solar Trackers
Website: https://arraytechinc.com/
Array Technologies is a global leader in solar tracking solutions, helping to power some of the world’s largest and most efficient solar energy projects. With over 30 years of experience, the company has built a strong reputation for delivering reliable, innovative technology that helps solar farms capture more energy from the sun. Based in the United States, Array’s influence now spans across continents, with manufacturing, design, and engineering teams working together to provide solar tracking systems that maximise energy production while keeping costs low.
Solar trackers are central to Array’s green energy solution. Unlike traditional fixed solar panels, trackers follow the sun’s movement throughout the day, angling the panels to capture the maximum amount of sunlight. This constant adjustment increases the amount of energy each panel can produce, making solar farms more efficient and cost-effective.
Array’s trackers are known for their durability, simple design, and ability to withstand tough weather conditions, which helps lower maintenance needs and helps to keep solar farms running smoothly long term.
Standout innovation: Solar tracking technology to increase energy output without having to increase solar panel numbers.
Quote from Array Technologies:
“As a sustainability leader in the American solar manufacturing space, ARRAY is building products that advance the future of clean energy”
Array Technologies
Source: Array Technologies https://arraytechinc.com/esg-sustainability/esg-environment-climate/
About Array Technologies:
Array Technologies powers the renewable energy industry with innovations that drive a brighter, smarter future, built on relentless reliability and an unparalleled track record. With over 30 years of history, the company has grown from its manufacturing base in the United States to become a global provider of time-proven renewable energy solutions. While its core strength lies in utility-scale solar trackers, Array remains dedicated to generating energy with integrity to power a sustainable future.
Source: Array Technologies
Commendable Sustainability Energy Focused Companies
Ecotricity
Location: UK
Focus: Green Energy & Gas
Website: https://www.ecotricity.co.uk/
What made Ecotricity particularly commendable is their commitment to using customer bills to directly fund the development of new green energy projects, from wind and solar farms to innovative green gas production. Their blend of ethical business practices and forward-thinking innovation makes them a leader in showing how energy companies can be a true force for environmental good.
About Ecotricity:
In 2010 Ecotricity introduced the concept of Green Gas to Britain and in the process evolved into a fully-fledged Green Energy company. Ecotricity’s aim now is to remove fossil fuel natural gas from the grid and replace it with green gas.
Source: Ecotricity
Carbo Culture
Location: Finland
Focus: Bio Waste
Website: https://carboculture.com/
Carbo Culture is an interesting case due to their innovative approach to carbon removal and renewable energy generation. The company has developed a cutting-edge process that transforms waste biomass into biochar, a stable form of carbon that locks carbon away for centuries, while also producing renewable heat in the process. This dual-purpose technology not only removes carbon from the atmosphere, helping to fight climate change, but also creates clean energy that can be used to power local communities or industrial processes.
About Carbo Culture:
The founders of Carbo Culture joined forces in 2013 at Singularity University during NASA Ames Research Centre, where they began to develop a novel carbon removal solution based on a decade of academic research. The company got started in 2018 with initial funding and the R1 reactor prototype assembly. They are also proud alumni of Stanford’s founder community StartX batch SS 2019 and since then, their team has grown into a highly motivated group of engineers, climate experts and change makers.
Source: Carbo Culture
Moment Energy
Location: Canada
Focus: Battery energy storage systems
Website:https://www.momentenergy.com/
Moment Energy provides a clean, affordable, and reliable battery energy storage system (BESS) by repurposing retired electric vehicle batteries.
About Moment Energy:
Moment Energy’s mission is to provide businesses with more sustainable and affordable, while their vision is to repurpose all retired EV batteries by 2030
Source: Moment Energy
What Is Coming In The Future For Energy?
The 2024 Sustainable Awards for Best Energy winners are working with alternative energy sources that are not only kinder to the planet, but also help prepare for a future where fossil fuels and other traditional energy supplies will become more limited. On top of reducing pollution, these sustainable solutions can help companies become more self-sufficient, and in some cases, even allow them to sell excess power back to the government grid. Whether it’s through solar power, optimised systems, or innovative renewable energy sources, finding smarter ways to manage energy is becoming essential for the environment and for people’s everyday lives.
We hope by sharing the winners with you, it will enable you to make sustainable decisions when it comes to your energy choices.
Congratulations to all our winners for the 2024 Sustainability Awards.
Would you like to be nominated for a Sustainability Award in 2025? Get in contact with us to apply and learn more.