Great and good of biogas glitter at industry awards
This year’s UK AD & Biogas Industry Awards demonstrated the progress and outstanding innovation in all aspects of anaerobic digestion.
This year’s UK AD & Biogas Industry Awards demonstrated the progress and outstanding innovation in all aspects of anaerobic digestion. Brought to you by ADBA, a record number of guests from the anaerobic digestion and biogas industry came together on the evening of 2 July to celebrate how far the sector has come and recognise its achievements.
Hosted by BBC Radio 4 Farming Today presenter Charlotte Smith, this year’s event saw the introduction of new award categories including best supporting service, best small scale AD project, best on-farm AD project, best merchant AD project and best food and drink industry project, reflecting the remarkable versatility of AD technology.
Congratulating the award winners ADBA chief executive Charlotte Morton said:
“After another year of stellar growth in the AD sector, the UK AD & Biogas Industry Awards is an excellent opportunity to reflect on the industry’s achievements. The huge number of quality entries received this year demonstrated the sheer grit and determination of the AD industry to keep innovating and improving.
“Set against a challenging policy background for renewables and continued economic difficulty, the anaerobic digestion industry has continued to fight for the recognition it deserves, resulting in some tough decisions for the judges and a superb set of winners.”
Charlotte Smith, BBC Radio Four Farming Today presenter, and awards host said:
“I am very excited to host these awards which celebrate this growing industry.”
The winners from this year’s even bigger and better awards are:
- Innovation in sewage treatment through AD, winner: Severn Trent Water & NMC Nomenca
- Innovation in food waste collection, winner: Olleco, highly commended: ReFood
- Innovation in process efficiency/optimisation sponsored by the National Skills Academy for Process Industries, winner: Nijuhis H2OK
- Making the most of digestate, winner: Monsal
- Making the most of biogas sponsored by Imtech, winner: Chesterfield Biogas
- Best supporting service provider winner:RUR3 Environmental
- Best on-farm AD project, winner: Sutton Grange Anaerobic Digestion and Tamar Energy, highly commeded: Shropshire Biogas
- Best food and drink industry AD project, winner: Wyke Farm
- Best merchant waste AD project sponsored by Walker Morris, winner: Emerald Biogas and Edina Group
- Best small scale AD project (sub 250 kW), winner: Clearfleau, highly commended: LEAP Micro AD
- AD hero/team of the year sponsored by Xergi, winner: Wyke Farm, highly commended: ENA Biomethane Campaign
