THE Cleantech Innovate investor showcase is offering a €20,000 cash prize to renewable and clean energy technology firms when it is held in Scotland for the first time next month.

So far 25 companies have signed up to pitch to dozens of potential backers at the event at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and which has been organised by EcoConnect.

The showcase has previously only been held in London.

Among the companies presenting in Glasgow are whisky by-product biofuel developer Celtic Renewables and Peel Tech, which has designed a unique waste filter for chip shops and catering businesses.