Blue Source Nominated as Finalist in Platts 9th Annual Global Energy Awards
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 3 – Blue Source, LLC, the leading U.S. aggregator of greenhouse gas emission reduction offsets and the leading US developer of anthropogenic carbon capture and storage projects today announced it was recognized by Platts and principal sponsor Capgemini, along with co-sponsor Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, as finalists for the 2007 Platts Global Energy Awards.
Blue Source was recognized in the “Rising Star” category for its work as a leader in creating the largest North American portfolio of GHG offsets and its work in developing the carbon dioxide infrastructure necessary for our country to solve its climate change exposure.
Platts, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), is a leading global provider of energy and metals information. In 1999 it established the Platts Global Energy Awards to recognize innovation, leadership, and superior performance in over a dozen categories spanning the entire energy spectrum.
"Each of this year's finalists is to be congratulated for their important contributions as innovators and exemplary performers in their respective industry categories," Platts President Victoria Chu Pao said in a news release.
Finalists in 16 categories were chosen from a list of just under 200 nominees by a panel of judges including former national regulators, past and present heads of major energy companies, leading academics and international energy experts.
Winners of the 2007 Platts Global Energy Awards will be announced at a gala celebration on Thursday, November 29, 2007 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. Each year more than 500 senior energy executives from around the world gather to attend the black-tie awards ceremony. The ceremony is also co- sponsored by Standard and Poor's, Panasonic Computer Solutions Company, and Spectra Energy.
In advance of the awards dinner, the inaugural Platts Lecture will be presented by Mr. Gene Sperling, former White House National Economic Advisor and former Director of the USA's National Economic Council, who will address the implications of climate change for the global energy industry in a lecture entitled "Climate, Energy and the Climate for Energy." Other notable global industry executives will join the discussion on how this topic relates to their segment of the energy world.
The Platts Lecture, sponsored by R.W. Beck and PACCAR, will take place on November 29, 2007 at the Digital Sandbox, located at 55 Broad Street in New York, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Additional sponsorships are still available for the Platts Lecture. Contact Vicki Peterson at vicki_peterson@platts.com or at 970-461-1090 for more information.
The finalists in each category are as follows:
Rising Star Award
AED Oil Limited
AES Andres
Blue Source
CoalTek, Inc
EMFESZ
Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc.
Jamshoro Joint Venture Limited
Stream Energy
WhiteFence
World Energy Solutions, Inc.
CEO of the Year
Antonio Brufau - Repsol YPF
David Crane - NRG
Douglas L. Foshee - El Paso Corporation
Fulvio Conti - Enel SpA
Gregory H. Boyce - Peabody Energy
J. Wayne Leonard - Entergy Corporation
Jim Rogers - Duke Energy
Joseph L. Welch - ITC Holdings
Lewis Hay, III - FPL Group
Michael G. Morris - American Electric Power
Mohamed H. Al-Mady - SABIC
Mr. Fu Chengyu - China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC)
Steve Malcolm - Williams
Commercial Technology of the Year
Black & Veatch
Entergy Nuclear Operations/GE-Hitachi
Hydro-Québec
Shell Global Solutions B.V./ Criterion Catalysts & Technologies
Site Controls
Community Development Program of the Year
Attock Refinery Limited
Colorado Springs Utilities
Duke Energy
Entergy Corporation
Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L)
MidAmerican Energy Company
Pearl Group Management, LLC
Reliance Energy Limited (REL)
Union Fenosa
Xcel Energy
Downstream Business of the Year
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC)
S-Oil
Valero Energy Corporation
Energy Efficiency Initiative of the Year
Broward County School District
CoalTek, Inc
ELI Argentina
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)
Southern California Edison (SCE)
Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited - Ontario's Smart Metering Initiative Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited - Peaksaver Program
Union Fenosa
Energy Engineering Project of the Year
Black & Veatch - Samra Power Project
Black & Veatch - Shidongkou Power Station
Burns & McDonnell
Entergy Nuclear Operations
Nexen, Inc.
Energy Transporter of the Year
California ISO
ITC Holdings Corp.
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.
Northern Natural Gas Company (NNG)
RTE
Sovcomflot
Williams
ENR Energy Construction Project of the Year
Alpha Petroleum Services
Bechtel Power Corporation
DTE/Detroit Edison/Washington Group International/Riley Power
MidAmerican Energy Company
Northeast Utilities
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E)
Southern California Edison (SCE)
Tenessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Washington Group International - DTE Energy (Enrico Fermi Nuclear Power Station) Zachry Construction Corporation (ZCC)& Black & Veatch
Green Energy Innovator of the Year
ACCIONA Energía
American Electric Power (AEP)
Applied Materials, Inc.
California ISO
E+co
Gridpoint
INGENCO
Morgan Stanley
PACCAR
Reliance Energy Limited (REL)
UOP Renewable Energy & Chemicals
Hydrocarbon Producer of the Year
Chesapeake Energy Corporation
China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC)
Nexen, Inc.
Peabody Energy
Repsol YPF
Williams
Industry Leadership Award
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Arch Coal
California ISO
Câmara de Comercilização de Energia Elétrica - CCEE (Chamber of Electric Energy Commercialization)
Comverge, Inc
Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc.
EnerNOC
ITC Holdings Corp.
Peabody Energy
STP Nuclear Operating Company
Xcel Energy
Lifetime Achievement Award of the Year
Winner will be announced on November 5, 2007
Marketing Campaign of the Year
API SpA
E Wie Einfach/E.ON
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
Petron Corporation
Tenessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Power Company of the Year
Entergy Corporation
Integrys Energy Group
MidAmerican Energy Company
NRG Energy, Inc.
Tenaga Nasional Berhard (TNB)
Risk Management Innovator of the Year
Caesar Systems
Constellation Energy
FuelQuest
OpenLink Software
Towers Perrin
Triple Point Technology
About Blue Source
Blue Source is the leader in North American–vintage GHG offsets, and works with businesses to identify, create, acquire, aggregate and market GHG emission reduction benefits. After aggregation, Blue Source sells GHG offsets to retail and wholesale buyers and to financial markets leading in the development of new products that manage emissions. Blue Source has aggregated and secured under long-term sourcing agreements more than 300 million tons of GHG emission reduction offsets through the year 2022. Additionally, Blue Source and its management team are leaders in the development of CCS projects in North America having developed, owned or operated five such systems in the last 20 years. Blue Source today has offices in Salt Lake City, Houston, Denver, Raleigh, San Francisco and New York.
About Platts
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