Humber Renewables Awards 2026 shortlist revealed
The shortlist for the annual Humber Renewables Awards has been published.
Insider is media partner for the event owned by Humber Marine and Renewables – the voice of the marine, maritime and offshore industries in the Humber
The dinner recognises the outstanding projects, training programmes, businesses and their leaders across all renewable energy production, operations and maintenance in East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire.
There has been a record number of companies enter this year’s awards, which will be held on Thursday 30 April at Hull’s Doubletree by Hilton Hotel. The drinks reception is sponsored by Rix Renewables and the car sponsor is John Roe Group.
It follows the Offshore Wind Connections Conference, sponsored by Orsted, RWE, Associated British Ports (ABP), DBS Offshore Wind, RSM, Hull City Council, Pentagon Marine, Rix Renewables and Andrew Jackson Solicitors.
The judging panel was chaired by Ian Leech, editor at Insider Media, with Danielle Wrightham of Invica Industries, named Humber Renewables Woman of the Year in 2025, joined by Paul McCartan, Yara International HR manager and Catch director; Denis Thompson of Aloe Environmental and Prof Jim Gilbert, director of Energy and Environment Institute at University of Hull.
More information on the event can be found here.
The shortlist:
Health & Safety Award
Georgia Grace, Ørsted’s East Coast Hub
RWE’s Personal Choices Programme
Hornsea 3 Wind Farm Uncrewed Surface Vessel
HFR Solutions CIC
RWE’s RESQ+ Challenge
Education Programme of the Year
Outer Dowsing Energise Workshops
14–16-Year-Old Student Mentoring, Phillips 66 Humber Refinery and Engineering UTC College, Scunthorpe
Decarbonising our Campus, Bishop Burton College
Champions for Wind, RWE
Dogger Bank South offshore wind farms education programme, RWE and Masdar
Wind Energy Workshops, RWE
Offshore Wind Company of the Year
Prior Power Solutions
Specialist Wind Services
RWE
Renewable Energy Project of the Year
Sofia Offshore Wind Farm, RWE
Reusing waste fines into briquettes, Invica Industries
Grimsby Community Energy
Apprentice of the Year
Alisha Doughty, RWE
Kiel Taylor, Orsted
Grace Dennehy, RWE Renewables
Adam Holt, Riverlution CIC
Innovation of the Year
Hornsea 3 Uncrewed Surface Vessel, Orsted
LiftaLoo – the world’s first single point lift offshore toilet, Cargostore Worldwide
Grimsby Hub and Centralised Control Room, RWE
Killingholme Marshes Drainage Scheme, Able UK
Humber Gateway ‘One Day Service’, RWE
Specialist Wind Services and Blackrow Group Strategic Partnership
Reusing waste fines into briquettes, Invica Industries
Humber Gateway Subsea Cable Stabilisation for Offshore Wind, RWE
Skills & Training Award
THRIVE Safety Leadership Training, Active Training Team
Wind turbine training, DN Colleges Group
Energy Estuary Pioneers Programme, Hull College and Siemens Gamesa
Technician Career Pathway Programmes, RWE
Maersk Training Humber
Emerging Leaders and New Leaders Programmes, RWE
Offshore Training Centre, Grimsby
HFR Solutions CIC
Employability and Enterprise Programme, Ørsted and Horizon Youth Zone Grimsby
Drax Power Station
Small Business of the Year (under 50 employees)
Elite Services Group
Offshore Training Centre -Grimsby
Rix Renewables
HDM Energies
UKSTEM
Circular Renewables
Specialist Wind Services
Precision Marine Survey
Grimsby Community Energy
Large Business of the Year (over 50 employees)
RWE
Hobson & Porter
HDM Solar
Leader of the Year
Hannah Damary-Wilson, Specialist Wind Services
Vicky Dunn, Grimsby Community Energy
Nathan Kerins, RWE
Ash Wray, C3 Group
Bailey Bradley, XceCo
For tickets, contact Isobel Reade on 0161 686 2422 / isobel.reade@iconicmediagroup.co.uk.
Read more: Last year’s Humber Renewables Awards