The winners of the ninth edition of the Zayed Future Energy Prize were awarded in Abu Dhabi on Monday by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed forces.

There were nine winners spread across five categories: Global high schools, small and medium enterprise, non-profit organisation, large corporation, and lifetime achievement award.

“Today we celebrate the success of a vision by working on rationalising energy and water on a wider scale to include more people around the word,” said Shaikh Mohammad.

“[The Zayed Future Energy Prize] will help offer more opportunities to boost levels of education, health, women empowerment, supporting children and the needy all around the world,” he added.

Shaikh Mohammad went on to praise the winners who took part in the Zayed Future Energy Prize, and said that their work would help in meeting the challenges the world is facing.

The winners of the non-profit organisation and small and medium enterprise are awarded $1.5 million, and the winners of the global high schools and lifetime achievement are awarded with $500,000. No monetary prize is awarded for the large corporation.

List of winners:

Global High Schools

Oceania
Huanville Highschool, Australia

Asia
Green Bali School, Indonesia

Africa
Starehe Girls Centre and School, Kenya

Europe
Belvedere College, Ireland

Americas
Unidad Educativa Sagrado Corazon 4, Bolivia

Non-Profit Organisation
Practical Action, United Kingdom

Small and Medium Enterprise
Sonnen, Germany

Large Corporation
GE, USA

Lifetime Achievement
Li Junfeng, China

source: GULF NEWS