Awards 2025 » Windaba

SAWEA Industry Awards 2025

The 2025 SAWEA Industry Awards Ceremony will coincided with the WINDABA Gala Dinner on the 23rd of October 2025.

As an organisation that promotes, advocates, endorses and facilitates a thriving wind energy industry, SAWEA seeks to recognise, validate and honour individuals and organisations that consistently contribute to growth of the wind energy sector, in their respective areas of excellence across the win energy value chain.

2025 Bright Spark
Award

This award celebrates a young professional who’s more than just a bright idea: they’re fully charged, well-grounded, and powering up the wind sector. Whether in the public, private, or civil space, they’ve shown leadership that transmits across the industry. Their achievements, passion and professionalism generate the energy to inspire.

2025 Raising Communities
Award

This award celebrates a project that proves wind energy also powers people and prosperity. Starting with ideas, resulting in impact through social upliftment, and meeting basic needs, these projects lift up communities, especially in rural areas, and turn local change into lasting empowerment.

2025 Exceptional Service Provider Award

This award celebrates those in the wind sector who go above and beyond the call of duty. Whether in construction, operations, maintenance, consulting, or project support, these pros keep the turbines turning and the projects on track. They prove that in a sector driven by wind, it’s outstanding service that really delivers the power.

2025 Gender Diversity Transformation Enabler Award

This award recognises an organisation that’s powering real change in the wind sector. By advocating for women in wind, opening access, and boosting representation, they’ve shown that diversity isn’t just a transition, it’s a transmission of positive energy that accelerates equality and sparks lasting impact.

2025 Safety Net Award

This award recognises an organisation that proves safety isn’t just a policy, it’s personal. By going beyond best practice and continuously improving, they ensure every worker in the wind sector doesn’t just power projects, but also gets home safe to their families, the ultimate return on investment.

2025 Watt-a-Woman Award

This award celebrates female leaders who are true powerhouses of the wind industry. With over five years of experience, they energise those around them, set an example for others to follow, and keep shaping the sector with unstoppable drive. They’re in charge and charging the industry forward.

2025 OEM Market Leader Award

2025 Environmental Stewardship Award

This award honours an IPP that proves sustainability is more than a slogan, it’s how they operate. These leaders take pride in permits to actively protect the natural environment, drive conservation, and embed sustainable practices, showing that wind energy can leave nothing but a clean breeze behind.