World Wind Vitality Award 2023 for Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington State
on the event of twenty first World Wind Vitality Convention in Hobart
Hobart/Bonn, 8 November 2023 (WWEA) – WWEA has a convention of honouring people on the annual WWECs who’ve made an excellent contribution to the promotion of wind energy and renewable vitality. On the event of WWEC2023, the WWEA Board has determined to award the 2023 World Wind Vitality Award to Mr Jay Robert Inslee, Governor of the State of Washington.
Jay Inslee started his political profession greater than 30 years in the past, first within the Washington State legislature. As a member of the U.S. Home of Representatives from 1993 to 1995 and once more from 1999 to 2012, he has persistently championed renewable vitality. He co-sponsored groundbreaking legislative initiatives that, though not absolutely carried out, modified the political debate within the US. His coverage initiatives have been embedded in a world context and have been broadly recognised past the US. As Governor of Washington State since 2013, he has additionally put renewable vitality and local weather change on the centre of his campaigns.
His e book, Apollo’s Hearth, is in the most effective custom of Jimmy Carter’s groundbreaking work greater than 20 years earlier, explaining why a renewable vitality future will not be solely crucial for the setting, but in addition contributes to nationwide independence, self-determination and prosperity.
WWEA President Peter Rae awarding Governor Jay Inslee at WWEC2023 – foto by Heinrich Bartelt
Because the Democratic Occasion’s presidential candidate in 2019/2020, Jay Inslee has as soon as once more put local weather change and renewable vitality on the centre of his marketing campaign. Inslee introduced his presidential candidacy in March 2019, asserting that preventing local weather change can be the main target of his marketing campaign – and calling for a public debate amongst all candidates targeted on local weather change. With this sturdy stance, he impressed the profitable Democratic candidate and present US President Joe Biden, who has carried out one of many world’s most bold renewable vitality assist programmes.
Jay Inslee has at all times put the significance of a renewable vitality future and efficient local weather change laws on the centre of his political campaigns. In doing so, he has modified public notion and attitudes and paved the best way for extra bold insurance policies.
In recognition of his indispensable contributions to the event of renewable vitality and efficient local weather motion, the award is introduced to Governor Jay Inslee.
WWEA President Peter Rae handed over the 2023 World Wind Vitality Award to Governor Jay Inslee.
All Winners of the World Wind Vitality Award:
- 2023: Jay Robert Inslee, Governor of Washington State
- 2022: the entrepreneur Heinrich Bartelt and the politician Hans-Josef Fell, Germany
- 2019: the renewable vitality promotors Dr. Andriy Konechenkov and Galyna Shmidt, Ukraine
- 2018: Air Marshal Raja Shahid Hamid (Retd.), Pakistan
- 2017: the journalist Dr. Franz Alt, Germany
- 2016: 195 Events of the Paris Settlement below the UNFCCC, Honorary Award to Dr. Tetsu Iida and Prof. Izumi Ushiyama, Japan
- 2015: the Mali Folkecenter Nyetaa below the management of Dr. Ibrahim Togola
- 2014: the Nationwide Vitality Administration of China and Dr. Anil Kane, India
- 2013: the French producer of medium-sized wind generators Vergnet Eolien
- 2012: the initiators of the Hepburn Wind Farm, Australia’s first neighborhood wind farm
- 2011: the Egyptian wind turbine producer Sewedy Wind Vitality Group SWEG below the management of Ahmed El Sewedy
- 2010: the Founding Member States of the Worldwide Renewable Vitality Company IRENA
- 2009: the Hon. George Smitherman, Deputy Premier and Minister of Vitality and Infrastructure of Ontario
- 2008 collectively to: Ms Jane Kruse, and Dr. Preben Maegaard, Denmark, Paul Gipe, USA
- 2007 collectively to: the Hon. Ms Dilma Vana Rousseff, later President of Brazil, former Chief of Employees Minister of Brazil and former Minister for Mines and Vitality, Ms Laura Porto, Director of the Division of Renewable Vitality of the Ministry of Mines and Energ, Mr Valter Luiz Cardeal, Director of Engineering and interim President of Eletrobrás, Dr. Sebastião Florentino da Silva, Coordinator of the Proinfa Programme at Eletrobrás
- 2006: the Chinese language wind turbine producer Goldwind below the management of Mr Wu Gang
- 2005 collectively to: Hon. Vilas Muttemwar, Indian Minister for Non-Typical Vitality Sources, and Dr. Pramod Deo, Chairman of the Maharashtra Electrical energy Regulatory Fee
- 2004 collectively to: the German Minister for the Surroundings, Jürgen Trittin, and the German Parliamentarian Dr. Hermann Scheer
- 2003: the Indian wind turbine producer Suzlon below the management of Mr Tulsi Tanti
- 2002: Prof. Dr. Amin Mobarak, Chairman of the Business and Vitality Committee of the Egyptian Parliament
