The finalists in this category are:

Entries to the IET Power / Energy Innovation Award category are welcomed from all organisations: universities, clients, consulting engineers, contractors, suppliers and component manufacturers.

The Power / Energy Award category welcomes innovations at any stage of development. Nominations should include any innovation associated with Power (Energy) and its uses such as:

• Generation: Nuclear reaction, hydro, gas, steam, wave, wind
  
• Transmission and distribution: Continental, national, regional, industrial
  
• Storage: Battery, capacitance, flywheel, thermal mass
  
• Conversion: Motion, heat, cold, electromagnetic field
  
• Consumption: Availability, efficiency, safety, cost effectivity, power quality
  
• Exploitation: Research
  
• Measurement: Instrumentation, control, management, recording, inspection, monitoring

Siemens Transmission and Distribution headquartered in Manchester and in Hebburn, South Tyneside, is the UK’s leading supplier of electricity transmission and distribution supply systems, services and consultancy to the UK's electricity transmission and distribution industry.

Employing over 700 employees across the UK, the company services, manufactures and supplies a range of products offering power transmission and distribution solutions, switchgear, transformers, surge arrestors, energy automation and power network communications. Crucially, the company also provides expertise in renewable energy solutions, network consulting, asset management and energy management along with full training and bespoke maintenance services.

Please see the Siemens website (www.siemens.co.uk/energy) for more details.

Last year

Moixa Energy were the winners of this category in 2007.