28 January 2011 SPS and 4NRg success announced in EDP

Eight designs have been shortlisted in the Energy Innovation Awards, organised by industry body the East of England Energy Group, from companies representing nearly every aspect of the industry.

The finalists include 4NRG, based at OrbisEnergy, Lowestoft, which has developed a coastal protection and energy generation device using tidal and wave power, and Scour Prevention Systems, also from OrbisEnergy, for a system for protecting offshore wind turbines from scour using mats made of linked car tyres on the seabed.

CHPV, of Lowestoft, has been selected after developing a miniature HD camera to revolutionise aspects of health and safety in the sector, along with Hethel-based Active Technologies, for a multi-task integrated PIC controller, and Gorleston-based GEV Offshore for Oxifree, an application of heated polymeric resin designed to protect metals.