The finalists for the AD and Biogas Industry Awards 2026 have been announced.
Run by the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) and the World Biogas Association (WBA), the Awards celebrate excellence and innovation in the global anaerobic digestion (AD) and biogas sector across 10 categories.
The winners will be announced at a gala ceremony on 8 July at the Vox, in Birmingham, with Miles Jupp as the host for the night.
The ceremony will conclude Day 1 of the World Biogas Expo taking place at the nearby NEC on 8-9 July, also organised by ADBA and WBA.
Congratulations to all the shortlisted entries and good luck to them all for the final!
The AD and Biogas industry Awards 2026 finalists are:
AD Hero of the Year
Award supported by Future Biogas
• Andre Le Roux, Santec, UK
• David Payne, Zebra EM, UK
• Lazarous Chewe, Retist, Zambia
• Phil Moffat, Biogen, UK
• GEF Biogas Brazil Project, MCTI, UNIDO, GEF, CIBiogás Brazil
• Dr. Vanita Prasad, REVY Environmental Solutions, India
Women In Biogas
• Kate Lister, Biogen, UK
• Naiara Ortiz de Mendíbil, Sedigas, Spain
• Simona Amerio, Ferrero, Italy
ADBA UK Biogas Plant of the Year
• Preston Biogas Plant, Fylde Fresh and Fabulous
• Tully Biogas Plant, Stream BioEnergy
• Warrens Emerald Biogas Plant, Bio Capital
Education Campaign of the Year
• Knowledge and Education Initiative, Amplum Biogás, Brazil
• Biomethane for Carbon and Community (BCC) Project, Technological University of the Shannon (TUS), Republic of Ireland
• C-CHANGE: Grass2Gas Project, Iowa State University and Penn State University, USA
• Celebrating 10 Years of Green Gas in Nether Stowey, Somerset, Wales & West Utilities, UK, in partnership with Cannington Enterprises and RocketGro Ltd, UK
• FSM Education Programme, Sguazzi in partnership with Anaergia, Italy
• Upishi Bora Afya Bora Influencer Campaign, Ministry of Energy, Republic of Kenya, Kenya
AD Biogas Support of the Year
• agriportance GmbH, Germany
• DAH Renewable Consulting, UK
• NORTH-TEC, Germany
• REVY Environmental Solutions Pvt. Ltd., India
• SciCorp International Corp, Canada
AD Solution Provider of the Year
Supported by TEDOM Yanmar Group
• agriportance software, agriportance, Germany
• AD Solutions for Complex Organic Waste Streams, Anaergia, Canada
• Anessa Software, Anessa, Canada
• BGE M – An Advanced Methanogenic Technology, Ecological Laboratories, USA
• CCS Systems for Large Scale Bio-Methane Plants, NORTH-TEC, Germany
• Decarbonising Poland’s Sugar Production, Krieg & Fischer Ingenieure, Germany
• When Hydrolysis Stops Being the Bottleneck: Redefining AD Performance at Plant Scale, Clinty Bio, UK
• Operational Resilience and Maintenance Solutions, Circular Renewables, UK
• Mobile Carbon Filtration Service, Puragen, UK
• Rebuilding the Transaction Layer for AD Generators, tem, UK
• Vent-Less Test Bench, Assentech, UK
Micro and Small Scale On-Farm AD of the Year
Supported by tem
• FlexiTech Domestic & T-Rex Large Capacity On-Farm Biogas Units, Biogas International Limited, Kenya
• Micro-AD for India’s Smallholders, National Dairy Development Board, India
• RES-CIRCULAR project, ULS “King Mihai I” Timișoara, Romania
Research and Innovation Project of the Year
• Advancing Biological Insight and Process Optimisation, RAFT Energy, UK
• BGE M – An Advanced Methanogenic Technology, Ecological Laboratories Inc., USA
• BIOLOGIC™ SR2 — Micronutrient technology, SciCorp International Corp, Canada
• Nanoparticle-Enhanced Bioaugmentation, Agricultural Research Council, South Africa
• SGN – Propane Mitigation through Biomethane Blending, Bohr/SGN, UK
• Research and Innovation in Action, National Dairy Development Board, India
Net Zero Circular Solution of the Year
• Bio Energy Complex Powering the Net Zero Circular Transition, Thai Eastern Bio Power Public Company Limited (TEBP), Thailand
• ELOVAC® vacuum, ELIQUO HYDROK, UK
• ‘Trash 2 Resource’ model, Biogas International Limited, Kenya
• Ultra-Low-Carbon Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), Syzygy Plasmonics, USA
WBA Biogas Plant of the Year
• Agthala, Gujarat Biogas Plant, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), India
• Gujarat’s Largest Integrated Biogas Plant, Govardhannathji Energies LLP, India
• Paraguaçu Paulista Biogas Plant, Cocal, Brazil
• Tully Biogas Plant, Stream BioEnergy, UK
