By Robert Lloyd
The South Wales company behind a revolutionary new cooking appliance is celebrating success in the Government’s new ‘Greenius’ (Green Genius) awards.
Clyne Energy Ltd is the firm behind the LoCooker – a new concept in cooking. And it is one of a number of cutting-edge British firms to pick up an award in a new national competition launched by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg in a bid to accelerate the UK’s green agenda.
“It is a wonderful achievement to gain recognition from the Government for our LoCooker and pick up a Greenius award,” said Clyne Energy chairman Professor Ken Board.
“We think we’ve got a product that lines up there as a world-beating idea.
It very much a ‘made-in-Wales’ venture. The idea for the LoCooker was conceived here and we are currently in production at our base in Llanelli.
“We are very proud of the Greenius award, which we recognise as a massive seal of approval for the LoCooker.
“The Greenius awards relate specifically to innovative solutions in food, water and energy sustainability. We obviously tick all the boxes here as each of these is central to the business of our company.”
The LoCooker brings a new approach to cooking a wide range of food. It operates by a unique combination of water spray, water vapour and convection, delivering heat energy into food in a highly efficient way.
It runs using a 13amp plug. It requires no plumbing, and no extraction. It is portable. The food prepared by the LoCooker has improved vitamin retention and provides extra freedom for chefs at all levels.
The LoCooker was officially launched the Phil Bennett Lounge at Parc y Scarlets rugby stadium in Llanelli. The launch featured a cooking demonstrations by celebrity chef Colin Pressdee.
Professor Board added: “The launch was of great interest to chefs, hospitals, restaurants, hotels, schools and other educational establishments, caterers of all sizes and other sections of the food industry.”
The Greenius competition has been jointly funded by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
The aim of the contest was to seek innovative solutions to questions of food, water and energy sustainability, such as ‘How to keep bills down for consumers and businesses?’ And ‘how to better manage our energy, food and water resources?’
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said: “When it comes to green innovation, Britain is a world leader. The ‘green’ sector is worth 8 per cent of UK GDP (gross domestic product) – the largest proportion of any of the leading industrial G20 nations – and employs almost 940,000 people – up 2.8% from last year. Sales in the green economy are also growing at a rate of 4.7%.”
Business Secretary Vince Cable said:”Low carbon industries have a key role to play in building strong, sustainable and balanced growth. There is great potential for our world leading companies and engineers to be at the forefront of developing new technologies which can help combat some of the most pressing issues facing all of us. By helping to bring those ideas to market we can not only benefit our economy, but also the environment.”
Pictures: Three members of the Clyne Energy Ltd team: Ken Board, Peter Lane and Alun Board. Nick Clegg. Logos of the Government departments behind the Greenius awards.
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