You can find here the laureates of the European Solar Prizes 2006. The awarding ceremony took place on December 8th, 2006, in the Berlin office of the KfW-Bankengruppe.

Winners of the European Solar Prizes 2006 (jpg)

Since 1994 EUROSOLAR has been awarding the European Solar Prizes to municipalities, companies, individuals using Renewable Energies, and to organizations who rendered outstanding service to the utilization of Renewable Energy. The European Solar Prizes are awarded by EUROSOLAR in cooperation with KfW Bankengruppe. The winners of the European Solar Prizes are chosen among the applicants for the respective national Solar Prizes.

Category Cities/Municipalities, counties and municipal services Winner 1 Municipality of Mureck (Austria) Project Green Energy Region Mureck/Steiermark Appreciation Appreciation Municipality of Mureck Video Video Municipality of Mureck (ram) www.mureck.gv.at Winner 2 Jämtland County Energy Agency (Sweden) Project Energy Autonomous Region Appreciation Appreciation Jämtland County Energy Agency Video Video Jämtland County Energy Agency (ram) www.energikontoret.z.se

Category Industrial and commercial companies and farmers Winner Solarcentury (United Kingdom) Project Solarcentury Appreciation Appreciation Solarcentury Video Video Solarcentury (ram) www.solarcentury.com

Category Owners or users of installations utilizing Renewable Energies Winner Mr and Ms Béat und Elsbeth Aeberhard, Vivy-Energie Sàrl (Switzerland) Project Solar farm Appreciation Appreciation Béat und Elsbeth Aeberhard Video Video Béat und Elsbeth Aeberhard (ram)

Category Local or regional associations promoting projects for Renewable Energies Winner Les Amis de l'EcoZAC (France) Project Engagement for the first "green" suburb of Paris Appreciation Appreciation Les Amis de l'EcoZAC Video Video Les Amis de l'EcoZAC (ram) www.ecoz.ouvaton.org

Category Solar architecture and urban development Winner Solar Decathlon 2005 UPM Team (Spain) Project "Magic Box" - A solar house for the 21st century Appreciation Appreciation Solar Decathlon 2005 UPM Team Video Video Solar Decathlon 2005 UPM Team (ram) www.solardecathlon.upm.es/2005

Category Media Winner tz-München (Germany) Project Serial "Future Earth" Appreciation Appreciation tz-München Video Video tz-München (ram) www.tz-online.de

Category Education Winner Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel (Germany/Hungary) Project SOLANOVA Appreciation Appreciation Center for Environmental Systems Research Video Video Center for Environmental Systems Research (ram) www.solanova.eu

Category One World Cooperation Winner Grameen Shakti (Bangladesh) Project Rural Empowerment through Renewable Energy - Women's Initiative Appreciation Appreciation Grameen Shakti Video Video Grameen Shakti (ram) www.gshakti.org

Category Special prize for extraordinary individual commitment Winner 1 Dr. Giuliano Grassi (Italy) Project Engagement for the use of biomass Appreciation Appreciation Dr. Giuliano Grassi Video Video Dr. Giuliano Grassi (ram) www.eubia.org Winner 2 Prof. Dr. Adolf Goetzberger (Germany) Project Scientific research in the field of Renewable Energy and engagement for solar energy Appreciation Appreciation Prof. Dr. Adolf Goetzberger Video Video Prof. Dr. Adolf Goetzberger (ram) www.ise.fhg.de Winner 3 Prof. Dr. Werner Kleinkauf (Germany) Project Scientific research in the field of Renewable Energy and engagement for decentral energy supply systems Appreciation Appreciation Prof. Dr. Werner Kleinkauf Video Video Prof. Dr. Werner Kleinkauf (ram) www.iset.uni-kassel.de