With the presence of national and international authorities, the OLACDE Energy Excellence Award 2024 recognition ceremony took place on Tuesday, October 29. It was held as part of the IX OLACDE Energy Week, the most important energy event in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Twenty-eight out of seventy-one accepted applications were awarded across three categories: “Energy Efficiency,” “Decarbonization,” and “Renewable Energies.” Different subcategories were created within these categories, allowing both public and private sector institutions, with projects of varying scales, to participate on an equal footing.
This is the first edition of this award, organized by The Latin American and Caribbean Energy Organization (OLACDE), which aims to showcase and disseminate the best energy projects in Latin America and the Caribbean in the areas of energy efficiency, decarbonization, and renewable energies.
The recognized companies and organizations were:
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
- BLUE HOME (Chile): Honorable mention in the subcategory of large private entities.
- Cooperativa Fernheim Ltda (Paraguay): Honorable mention in the subcategory of large private entities.
- Grupo Libertad (Argentina): Honorable mention in the subcategory of large private entities.
- Universidad Nacional de Asunción (Paraguay): Honorable mention in the subcategory of public entities impacting small and medium-sized communities.
- Intendencia Departamental de Florida (Uruguay): Special mention in the subcategory of public entities impacting small and medium-sized communities.
- Telefónica Móviles (Uruguay): Special mention in the subcategory of large private entities.
- General Motors (Argentina): Special mention in the subcategory of large private entities.
- Agencia de Sostenibilidad Energética (Chile), for its “Better School Program”: AWARD in the subcategory of public entities impacting small and medium-sized communities.
- Cooperativa Nacional de Productores de Leche (Uruguay): AWARD in the subcategory of large private entities.
- SIN PAR S.A. (Argentina): AWARD in the subcategory of small and medium-sized private entities.
- ECOFOGÃO Industria de fogões Ltda (Brazil): AWARD in the subcategory of technologies for small and medium-sized private entities.
- MEVIR, Dr. Alberto Gallinal (Uruguay): AWARD in the subcategory of public entities impacting small and medium-sized communities.
RENEWABLE ENERGIES
- HELIOTEC SRL (Paraguay): Honorable mention in the subcategory of large private entities.
- Universidad Nacional de Loja (Ecuador): Honorable mention in the subcategory of technologies for public entities impacting large communities.
- Acciona.org (Peru): AWARD in the subcategory of small and medium-sized private entities.
- AES Andes (Chile): AWARD in the subcategory of large private entities.
- Comisión Ejecutiva Hidroeléctrica del Río Lempa (El Salvador): AWARD in the subcategory of public entities impacting large communities.
- Instituto de Planificación y Promoción de Soluciones Energéticas (Colombia): AWARD in the subcategory of public entities impacting small and medium-sized communities.
DECARBONIZATION
- Agencia de Sostenibilidad Energética (Chile), for its “My Electric Taxi Program”: Special mention in the subcategory of public entities impacting large communities.
- Gasvalpo SA (Chile): Special mention in the subcategory of technologies for large private entities.
- Toyota (Argentina): Special mention in the subcategory of large private entities.
- Agencia de Transporte de Yucatán (Mexico): AWARD in the subcategory of public entities impacting large communities.
- Universidad Autónoma de México (Mexico): AWARD in the subcategory of technologies for public entities impacting large communities.
- Conexión Kimal Lo Aguirre (Chile): AWARD in the subcategory of large private entities.
- LatAm BioEnergy (Dominican Republic): AWARD in the subcategory of small and medium-sized private entities.
- Secretaría de Energía de Jujuy (Argentina): AWARD in the subcategory of public entities impacting small and medium-sized communities.
- Wartsila (project in El Salvador): AWARD in the subcategory of technologies for large private entities.
All information related to this edition of the OLACDE Energy Excellence Award 2024 will be available on the website www.OLACDE.org.
