Winners of the AD and Biogas Industry 2020 awards revealed
The winners of the AD and Biogas Industry Awards have been revealed.
On the third and final day of the World Biogas Expo & Summit, technical support manager at the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) hosted the awards from home in a tuxedo, in a first for the organisation, which usually hosts a grand ceremony (in person) to celebrate the best in the AD and biogas business.
Charlotte Morton, chief executive of the World Biogas Association (WBA), opened the awards with some reflections on the past year. “Disasters bring opportunity,” said Morton. “Over the last seemingly endless months we’ve been forced to adapt to a new reality.
“The past year has seen many firsts for all of us. It’s certainly a first for us at ADBA and the WBA to host our annual awards ceremony online.”
As many of the conference talks highlighted, while there is much to celebrate, there is still plenty of work to be done, which WBA president David Newman echoed in his introduction: “We need to do so much more, so much more quickly, if we are to meet the climate targets we have set ourselves.”
But, as Newman noted, the awards provide an opportunity to celebrate the enormous progress made by the industry over the past year.
The winners and highly commended entries were as follows:
Clever Use of Outputs & By-products
Highly commended – N2 Applied – Plasma Treatment
Winner – Azola S.A.S
Best R&D Innovation Award
Highly commended – Huesker Limited – Huesker Flexcover Combi Plus
Winner – BioBANG – How to get maximum efficiency from straw and waste biomass
AD Hero of the Year
Highly commended – Christine Parry, head of development and innovation at Amur
Winner – Colin Small of SGN Commercial Services
AD Rising Star Award
Winner – Laura Fonseca, process engineer at SUEZ
Best AD/Biogas Support Award
Highly commended – Advantage Biogas, Granville Energy Supply, SGN Commercial Services
Winner – Alpheus Environmental supporting Glenmorangie
Most Improved Plant
Winner – JV Energen – Rainbarrow Farm
The Circular Economy Award
Highly commended – RE Power Group: RPG Impact Project
Winner – Krieg + Fischer Ingeniuere
International Knowledge Exchange & Collaboration Award
Highly commended – Tampere AD Site: AD Sans Frontieres
Winner – Gas Metrology Group
Health & Safety Award
Winner – Granville Eco Park
Best Medium-to-Large Biogas Plant
Highly commended – Weltec Biopower: Lanes Farm Energy, Amur: AD Plant UK
Winner – Granville Eco Park
Best Small-Scale Plant
Highly commended – GPS Renewables (India)
Winner – CompactAD – Gegan Solutions
Best Financing
Winner - Iona Environmental Infrastructure Partnership
On the third and final day of the World Biogas Expo & Summit, technical support manager at the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) hosted the awards from home in a tuxedo, in a first for the organisation, which usually hosts a grand ceremony (in person) to celebrate the best in the AD and biogas business.
Charlotte Morton, chief executive of the World Biogas Association (WBA), opened the awards with some reflections on the past year. “Disasters bring opportunity,” said Morton. “Over the last seemingly endless months we’ve been forced to adapt to a new reality.
“The past year has seen many firsts for all of us. It’s certainly a first for us at ADBA and the WBA to host our annual awards ceremony online.”
As many of the conference talks highlighted, while there is much to celebrate, there is still plenty of work to be done, which WBA president David Newman echoed in his introduction: “We need to do so much more, so much more quickly, if we are to meet the climate targets we have set ourselves.”
But, as Newman noted, the awards provide an opportunity to celebrate the enormous progress made by the industry over the past year.
The winners and highly commended entries were as follows:
Clever Use of Outputs & By-products
Highly commended – N2 Applied – Plasma Treatment
Winner – Azola S.A.S
Best R&D Innovation Award
Highly commended – Huesker Limited – Huesker Flexcover Combi Plus
Winner – BioBANG – How to get maximum efficiency from straw and waste biomass
AD Hero of the Year
Highly commended – Christine Parry, head of development and innovation at Amur
Winner – Colin Small of SGN Commercial Services
AD Rising Star Award
Winner – Laura Fonseca, process engineer at SUEZ
Best AD/Biogas Support Award
Highly commended – Advantage Biogas, Granville Energy Supply, SGN Commercial Services
Winner – Alpheus Environmental supporting Glenmorangie
Most Improved Plant
Winner – JV Energen – Rainbarrow Farm
The Circular Economy Award
Highly commended – RE Power Group: RPG Impact Project
Winner – Krieg + Fischer Ingeniuere
International Knowledge Exchange & Collaboration Award
Highly commended – Tampere AD Site: AD Sans Frontieres
Winner – Gas Metrology Group
Health & Safety Award
Winner – Granville Eco Park
Best Medium-to-Large Biogas Plant
Highly commended – Weltec Biopower: Lanes Farm Energy, Amur: AD Plant UK
Winner – Granville Eco Park
Best Small-Scale Plant
Highly commended – GPS Renewables (India)
Winner – CompactAD – Gegan Solutions
Best Financing
Winner - Iona Environmental Infrastructure Partnership
