SFT Past Awardees 2017 - 2020
Founded in 2017, Solar Future Today Visionary Influencers Awards have been honoring Visionary Individuals who made a significant impact on Solar & Cleantech Policy, Business or Awareness over the Year, or for their Lifetime Achievements.
Bellow we present Our Distinguished Awardees, while photos from their Awards Ceremonies can be found in WCA Media Gallery.
Life-Time Achievement Awards
Dr. Jane Goodall
UN Messenger of Peace;
Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and the Roots & Shoots programme
Prof. Dr. Adolf Goetzberger
Pioneer of the Energy Transformation
Founder of Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
Professor Muhammad Yunus
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2006
Gianni Silvestrini
Scientific Director of the "Kyoto Club" and Former General Director at the Italian Ministry of the Environment
Professor Alan J. Heeger
Nobel Prize Laureate
in Chemistry 2000
Prof. Eicke R. Weber
Chairman at European Solar Manufacturing Council; Former Director, Fraunhofer ISE, Freiburg; CBC Chairs Advisory Board
#TogetherWeAreStronger
The Future is NOW!
Visionary Policy-Makers
Hans-Josef Fell
President of the Energy Watch Group, Author of draft of German Renewable Act 2000, Member of the German Parliament 1998-2013
Claudia Kemfert
Professor Energy Economics and Sustainability at German Institute for Economic Research Berlin
Arnold Schwarzenegger
38th Governor of California, actor, filmmaker, businessman, investor, author & philanthropist
Antonio Celso de Abreu Junior
Solar Pioneer in Brazil, Former Director in the Ministry of Mines & Energy
Visionary Disruptors
Tony Seba
Author, Educator, Co-Founder RethinkX
Monica Oliphant
Research Scientist and Renewables & Environment Consultant, Past President of ISES; Honorary Chair of CBC Australia
Pranav Mehta
Globally Acknowledged Father of Solar in India, Former Chairman, Global Solar Council (GSC) and Chairman, National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI)
Shawn Qu
Solar Business Disruptor, Chairman and President at Canadian Solar
Paddy Padmanathan
President & CEO at ACWA Power
Dan Shugar
Solar Pioneer,
CEO & Founder, Nextracker
Professor Martin Green
Father of Photovoltaics”, UNSW, Australia
Francesco Starace
Clean Technologies Pioneer in Utility Space, CEO and General Manager of Enel Group
Leonardo Curioni
Champion of Solar Distributed Generation in Brazil & LATAM, Founder & CEO of SICES Solar
Alex Levran
Solar Pioneer, Former Group Senior VP & Global Head of Solar Industry Initiative at ABB Group
Peter Helm
Founder & CEO of WIP-Renewable Energies and EUPVSEC (European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition)
Jean-Pascal Pham-Ba
Co-founder and CEO, SCALE & Mentors
Secretary General and Spokesperson at Terrawatt Initiative; CBC Chair of Financial & Investor Hub
Charlie Gay, "Dr Solar"
Former Director of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office
Anis Jouini
CEO at CEA-INES (Institut National de l'Energie Solaire - French Solar Energy Institute); Chair of CleanTech StartUp & SME Hub at CBC
Richard Swanson
Solar Pioneer, The retired founder of SUNPOWER
Alfredo Moser
Brazilian mechanic and inventor of The Moser Lamp
Markus Elsässer
CEO of Solar Promotion, Founder of Intersolar
Visionary Businesswomen
Mi Yue
Founder of SNEC, Director at NEIAPP (New Energy Industry Association for Asia and the Pacific), Board Member at the Global Solar Council
Dagmar Vogt
Founder of ib vogt GmbH
" CleanTech Mama" Mary O'Donnell
Founder & President at Clean Power Inc; Honorary Chair at Empowering Women Hub at CBC
Lynn Jurich
Co-Founder & CEO of Sunrun
Visionary Artists
AKON
Founder of AKON Lighting America
Jimmy Jean-Louis
Founder of Hollywood Unites For Haiti
Catherine & Pascal Vuong
Producers of "Planet Power", the first IMAX 3D film devoted to clean technologies
RUSLANA
World Music Award and Eurovision Song Contest winning artist, Woman Leader amongst Top 10 most influential women of 2013 by the Forbes magazine
Visionary Solar Advocates
Winfried Hoffmann
Former President of EPIA (The European Photovoltaic Industry Association)
Nikos Fintikakis
Director of UIA (International Union of Architects) ARES Work Program
Paul Van Son
Chairman of Dii Desert Energy
Britta Battogtokh
Miss Supranational Mongolia 2016
Jeremy Leggett
British Social Entrepreneur and Writer, Founder of SolarCentury
David Renne
Immediate Past President at International Solar Energy Society ISES
Visionary Educators
Adam Hall
Chief Star Organizer at Million Solar Stars
John Perlin
Author of "Let It Shine: The 6000-Year Story of Solar Energy", Lecturer, Consultant — Solar Energy & Forest Preservation
Visionary Investor
Faris Saeed
CEO and Co-Founder of Diamond Developers & Sustainable City Dubai
