The ceremony was jointly organised by the UK Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA) and the World Biogas Association (WBA), and was held at the end of the first day of UK AD & World Biogas Expo 2018, the world’s largest tradeshow dedicated solely to AD and biogas.

“This ceremony was a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the very best in AD and biogas in the UK and beyond” said ADBA Chief Executive Charlotte Morton. “The UK AD industry has had a difficult few years but there are now some very bright lights at the end of the tunnel, so this was a perfect moment to celebrate triumph in the face of adversity and to look forward to an exciting new future for what is such an important industry for meeting the UK’s climate targets and improving food and energy security.”

AD has the potential to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by around 20 percent and can help to meet nine of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The full list of winners from the ceremony is as follows:

Best Food Waste Supply Chain Project – FareShare, ‘No Good Food Should Go To Waste’

Best Process Optimisation in AD – Xergi/Stream Bioenergy, Tully Biogas Plant, Ballymena

Making the Most of Digestate – Veenhuis Machines B.V., Veenhuis Nutri-flow and the Rotomax

Making the Most of Biogas – Cryo Pur, Greenville Bio-LNG plant

AD Hero of the Year – Thomas Minter, Malaby Biogas

AD Team of the Year – Edina         

Best AD Support (Technical) – Uniflare Group, Oscar Bio-energy Hong Kong

Best AD Support (Legal, Accounting, Consulting) – Aardvark EM Limited, AD Benchmarking and Improvement Team

Research Project Award – Exergyn Limited, The Exergyn Drive

Best Innovation in Biomethane – SGN, Portsdown Hill: The Remote Grid Entry Hub

AD Rising Star – Alex Todhunter, Iona Capital

Best Methane or Ammonia Emissions Management Project – HoSt, Recovering Minerals from Manure and Reducing Ammonia Emissions

UK AD Plant Manager of the Year – Shane Doherty, Granville Ecopark

Best UK On-Farm AD Plant – BioG UK, Agrogen, Staffordshire

Best UK Food Waste AD Plant – Agrivert Ltd, Agrivert North London AD Facility

Best International Agricultural Plant – SIAT, First Large Scale AD & Biogas Plants in West Africa: A Hope for the Palm Oil Sector

Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA)