You can find here the laureates of the European Solar Prizes 2008.

The Award Ceremony took place on December 3rd, 2008, in the Berlin office of the KfW Bankengruppe.

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.

EUROSOLAR congratulates all winners of the European Solar Prizes 2008.

Category Cities / municipalities or municipal services (2 laureates) Bruck upon the Leitha / Austria Project On the way to energy-autarchy Appreciation Appreciation Bruck upon the Leitha Presentation movie Bruck upon the Leitha  Homepage www.bruckleitha.at - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Beckerich / Luxembourg  Project On the way to energy-autarchy  Appreciation Appreciation Beckerich Presentation movie Beckerich Homepage www.beckerich.lu

Category Industrial and commercial companies or farmers Geothermie Unterhaching GmbH & Co KG / Germany Project The geothermal energy project of a municipality Appreciation Appreciation Geothermie Unterhaching GmbH & Co KG Presentation movie Geothermie Unterhaching GmbH & Co KG Homepage www.geothermie-unterhaching.de

Category Owners or users of installations utilizing Renewable Energies Société d'Energie Solarie SA (SES) / Switzerland Project First Swiss solar manufactory Appreciation Appreciation Société d'Energie Solarie SA (SES) Presentation movie Société d'Energie Solarie SA (SES) Homepage www.societe-energie-solaire.com

Category Local or regional associations promoting projects for Renewable Energies Virage-énergie / France Project Commitment to an energy supply free of nuclear energy and CO2-emissions in the Nord-Pas de Calais  Appreciation Appreciation Virage-énergie Presentation movie Virage-énergie Homepage www.virage-energie-npdc.org

Category Solar architecture and urban development State of the Vatican City Project Integration of Photovoltaic Installation on the Pope Paul VI Audience Chamber Appreciation Appreciation State of the Vatican City Presentation movie State of the Vatican City Homepage www.vaticanstate.va

Category Media Ilhami Arslan, Turkish Radio Television İzmir (TRT) / Turkey Project Journalistic work in the fields of Renewable Energies and environmentalism Appreciation Appreciation Ilhami Arslan Presentation movie Ilhami Arslan Homepage ./.

Category Transport systems with Renewable Energies Frisian Solar Challenge / Netherlands Project Race of solar vessels Appreciation Appreciation Frisian Solar Challenge Presentation movie Frisian Solar Challenge Homepage www.frisiansolarchallenge.nl

Category Education (2 laureates) Tvind School / Denmark Project A cutting-edge wind turbine as educational project Appreciation Appreciation Tvind School Presentation movie Tvind School Homepage www.tvindkraft.dk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Fuhrländer AG / Germany  Project Professional training in the wind energy sector  Appreciation Appreciation Fuhrländer AG Presentation movie Fuhrländer AG Homepage www.fuhrlander.de

Category Special prize for extraordinary individual commitment Prof. Frede Hvelplund / Denmark Project Commitment to a renewable energy supply in Denmark Appreciation Appreciation Prof. Frede Hvelplund Presentation movie Prof. Frede Hvelplund Homepage ./.