2024 Categories

This award will recognise those exemplary companies, technology providers or sites that help protect personnel, the environment and plant infrastructure and, in the process, the reputation of the industry. This Award is to encompass all aspects of staff health, safety and wellbeing. This is to reward initiative, management, programmes and structure that keeps the employee’s wellbeing, morale, safety and health at an exemplary standard.

Entry Criteria

The Health and Safety Award will be given to the AD plant, technology provider, company or organisation that exemplifies excellence in the management of health and safety risks and the promotion of an all-round health, safety and wellbeing culture.

This award will be judged by reference to the following information:

1. Measurable health, safety and environmental objectives set across the operation
2. How the management system is structured and communicated (i.e., a timetable of routine HSE meetings, to refresh and update measures)
3. Staff involvement in devising the program, initiative or management
4. Any examples of the safety, health or wellbeing management system preventing an incident, measurably increasing wellbeing or having a positive impact on the staff

Who Should Enter?

• Biogas technology and equipment suppliers from personal gas monitors to lightning protection consultants and individuals
• Plant developers
• Operations and maintenance companies
• Individual sites
• Any other businesses adopting or implementing health, safety and wellbeing best practice in the anaerobic digestion industry

The Women in Biogas Award recognises the achievements of women in a sector where they are substantially underrepresented. It rewards the achievements of women working within the biogas industry, with the aim of raising the profile of biogas as an attractive career path and inspiring others to enter the industry as well as encouraging excellence.

Entry Criteria

This award will be judged by reference to the following information:

1. A CV of the nominated woman
2. Details of the role performed
3. 300-word summary of how this employee has made a difference to the performance of the business. This could be related to a change in culture or operational practice that has increased efficiency, or by simply being brilliant and innovative in an aspect of biogas that has taken the business to another level

Who Should Enter?

Any woman involved in any aspect of biogas development, from design through to process and operation.

Sponsor

We want to know about any individual, project, organisation or company making an outstanding contribution to the development of anaerobic digestion in the UK or global biogas industry.

Entry Criteria

This award will be judged by reference to the following information:

1. Provide a 300-word summary of how the nominated person, project, organisation or company has contributed to the development of anaerobic digestion and biogas in the UK or internationally, quantifying if at all possible, the value of that contribution

Who Should Enter?

Any individual, project, organisation or company making an outstanding contribution to the development of AD and biogas in the UK or global industry. You can nominate someone else, or your own individual, project, organisation or company.

We want to hear about any person, company or team that provides outstanding support in the AD and biogas industry (UK and globally). Entries should ideally come from those who have been the recipients of the outstanding support, rather than those providing it, or be accompanied by testimonials from the recipients.

Entry Criteria

This award will be judged by reference to the following information:

1. A summary of what support was provided, and why it was outstanding
2. Any relevant data or information to support the claim
3. Any difficulties or challenges that the support provider addressed and helped to overcome
4. Two testimonials outlining why the entrant should win this award

Who Should Enter?

AD designers; builders; developers; operators; technology and equipment suppliers; food and drink businesses; waste management companies; technical, legal and accounting consultants and academics.

The IEA states AD sits at the heart of the circular economy, recycling organic wastes and serving to reduce food waste. The outputs serve to reduce the carbon footprint of heat supply, transport, agriculture, food manufacture and wastewater treatment. We want to hear about any person, company or team in the value chain who can demonstrate how they have closed the loop, turning waste into a product. To deliver global net zero targets, we need carbon negative technologies. AD, coupled with CCU technology, can deliver this.

Entry Criteria

This award will be judged by reference to the following information:

1. How the AD operation delivers a closed loop system, minimising the use of virgin materials
2. Evidence will need to show feedstock supply and off-takers for products; biomethane/electricity, bio-CO2, and biofertilizer e.g., domestic food waste delivering a local heat network or biomethane as transport fuel, food manufacturer utilizing all four outputs, manures and slurries powering cheese production. Ideally, additional evidence on maximizing resource efficiency across the operation would be welcome.

Or/and Candidates will need to demonstrate how their operation is delivering net zero:

1. Evidence of steps taken and controls to prevent fugitive emissions. Use of all outputs from the AD facility – biogas, bio-fertiliser, bio-CO2 Innovative steps to reduce indirect impacts – i.e., pumping digestate to lagoons to avoid transportation
2. Innovative steps taken to mitigate/offset GHG emissions – such as private wires, local heat networks, biomethane-fuelled logistics, use of CO2 in growing.

Who Should Enter?

• Local authorities with separate food waste collections, delivering electricity/biogas for heat and/or public transport
• Food manufacturers deploying biogas to reduce the carbon foot print of their products
• Fleet managers for deploying RNG fuelled trucks
• AD operators who have enabled the above
• An AD facility that has deployed CCU
• CO2 supply chain offtakers (Biocarbonics)
• Food manufacturers deploying AD to decarbonise logistics fleet, heat and capturing CO2 to carbonate products.

Sponsor

Open to any AD plant worldwide that is 1MWe-equivalent or smaller in capacity.

Entry Criteria

This award will be judged by reference to the following information:

1. Please provide a short statement as to why this plant is better than other plants equal to or smaller in capacity than 1MWe-equivalent;
2. Please provide an explanation of the feedstock, process, outputs and main technologies used, an outline business case as well as the objectives and criteria for success;
3. How the plant makes the most of its feedstock, biogas and digestate and if appropriate the benefits delivered to the business with supporting data/information;
4. Details of any specific challenges that you overcame in the development of this plant.

Who Should Enter?

Worldwide AD Plants 1MWe-equivalent or smaller in capacity.

Sponsor

Open to any AD plant worldwide that is above 1MWe-equivalent in capacity.

Entry Criteria

This award will be judged by reference to the following information:

1. 300 word summary: explanation of the feedstock, process, outputs and main technologies used, an outline business case as well as the objectives and criteria for success. How the plant makes the most of its feedstock, biogas and digestate and if appropriate the benefits delivered to the business with supporting data/information. Details of any specific challenges that you overcame in the development of this plant;
2. A short statement as to why this plant is better than other plants above capacity than 1MWe-equivalent.

Who Should Enter?

Worldwide AD Plants above 1MWe -equivalent in capacity.

Open to any organisation, person or company that has enabled the development of micro-AD plants, locally, nationally, internationally or globally.  This could be through investment, the dissemination of knowledge, research, lobbying or support service.

Entry Criteria

1. A summary of the initiative, how it has led to the development of Micro-AD plants and the impact of the initiative;
2. Details of any specific challenges that were overcome in the development of the Micro AD initiative;
3. Any further supporting data/information.

Additional information the judges will be looking for:

4. Explanation of the feedstock, process, outputs and main technologies used, an outline business case as well as the objectives and criteria for success;
5. Clear statements of differentiation. This may involve: Details about how the plant makes the most of its feedstock, biogas and digestate and if appropriate the benefits delivered to the business with supporting data/information;
6. Details of the feedstock, efficiency of the digester, and how this project efficiently utilises the products the digester produces with supporting data/information;
7. A statement as to why this digester is better than other micro digesters.

Who Should Enter?

– Community groups

– Developers

– Digestate treatment companies

– Equipment suppliers

– Farmers (including combines and joint ventures)

– Land managers

– Operators

– Seed manufacturers and consultants

This award recognizes an individual who is under 30 in the industry and has made an outstanding contribution to the development of anaerobic digestion and biogas in the UK or globally; this could be on the technical, operational, support, or indeed social media/communications side.

Entry Criteria

This award will be judged by reference to the following information:

1. A 300-word summary of how the nominated individual has contributed to the development of biogas and anaerobic digestion in the UK or elsewhere, quantifying if possible, the value of that contribution;
2. Statement that the individual is under 30 at the time of application;
3. Any difficulties or challenges the individual addressed and helped to overcome;
4. Two testimonials outlining why the individual should win this award;
5. Any other relevant data or information to support the entry.

Who Should Enter?

Any individual, under 30 years old, making an outstanding contribution to the development of anaerobic digestion and biogas in the UK or globally. You can nominate an individual either in your own business or in another organization.

This award recognises an individual, organisation, company or educational body in the industry that has made an outstanding contribution to the development of anaerobic digestion and biogas in the UK or globally through innovation or research.

Entry Criteria

This award will be judged by reference to the following information:

1. 300-word summary of how the nominee has contributed to the development of biogas and anaerobic digestion in the UK or elsewhere, quantifying if possible, the value of that contribution;
2. Any relevant data or information to support this;
3. Any difficulties or challenges the individual addressed and helped to overcome.

Who Should Enter?

Any Individual, company, organisation or education body making an outstanding contribution to the development of anaerobic digestion and biogas in the UK or globally through innovation or research. You can nominate an individual either in your own business or in another organisation