Students from Torry Academy won top prize for a project looking into biomass at the Go4SET Aberdeen Celebration and Assessment Day (CAD).
They were among school teams from Aberdeenshire at the event at Robert Gordon University.
Judges picked the Torry team as winners of the Best Overall Project Award for “their outstanding work on the use of biomass as a source of renewable energy”.
They were presented with a trophy and a cheque for £250 by Alan MacLeay from Subsea 7.
The team will now go forward to the Go4SET Scottish Final which will be held in the Scottish Parliament in May.
The Torry team was supported by TOTAL E&P UK during the project. Mentor Oliver Nicholls said: “The Go4SET challenge highlighted the subjects of science and maths in student’s minds, and this is a really positive result.
“It is positive for the students themselves as it means they can make informed decisions when deciding on a career path.
“In a wider sense it is healthy for the UK as there will be an obvious need for engineers and scientists both now and in future days.”
The Go4SET biomass project began at the launch event in November 2011 and the teams of six 12 to 14 year olds (S2) went on to work with their teacher and mentors from industry on the 10-week project.
They were tasked to research a biomass-fuelled renewable electricity and heat plant for their school and provide a written report on their findings, produce a model and display these at the celebration event.
At the event the students demonstrated their individual projects and models to a group of assessors and discussed their projects with guests at the event.
The other award winners were Hazlehead Academy supported by AMEC who won the Innovation Award with a cheque for £250 and Lathallan School Team 2 supported by BP who won the Students Choice Award with a cheque for £100.
The Robert Gordon University hosted both the launch and the CAD event.
Grant Maxwell, associate head of the school of engineering said: “We are very pleased to host this event.
“The quality of work and the enthusiasm displayed by the pupils were very impressive and this bodes very well for the future.”