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Shortlist announced for global green gas awards
The UK and global green gas industry has announced its shortlist of nominees for the AD & Biogas Industry Awards
Ceremony 2018, taking place on the 11th July in Birmingham, UK.
iogas (or ‘green
gas’) is produced
through anaerobic
digestion (AD), a
natural process
that coverts
organic wastes and purpose-
grown crops into renewable heat
and power, clean transport fuel,
and nutrient-rich digestate
biofertiliser.
The growing global green gas
industry has the potential to be
worth as much as £1 trillion and is
making a key contribution to
achieving nine of the 17 UN
Sustainable Development Goals
through delivering benefits such
as greenhouse gas emissions
reduction, waste management,
improved air quality, and restoring
degraded soils.
The awards shortlist includes
green gas projects from Sweden,
the Netherlands, Belgium, India,
and Hong Kong, as well as entries
from across the UK. This year’s
ceremony will see the presentation
of 16 different awards, including
awards for ‘AD Rising Star’, ‘AD
Hero of the Year’, and ‘AD Team of
the Year’.
The black-tie awards ceremony
will be hosted by Charlotte Smith,
presenter of Radio 4’s ‘Farming
Today’, and will take place on the
first night of UK AD & World
Biogas Expo 2018, the world’s
largest dedicated global biogas
expo, which takes place on the
11th-12th July at the NEC in
Birmingham.
The expo and awards ceremony
are being jointly organised by the
UK Anaerobic Digestion &
Bioresources Association (ADBA)
and the World Biogas Association
(WBA).
Charlotte Morton, Chief
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Executive of ADBA, said:
“The strength of the shortlisted
projects for this year’s AD &
Biogas Industry Awards is
testament to the innovation and
ingenuity of the green gas
industry, which offers so much in
terms of climate change
mitigation, food and energy
security, support for rural
communities, and improvements
to air quality. I’m looking forward to
celebrating the best of the best in
biogas at the awards ceremony,
which will be the perfect
accompaniment to UK AD & World
Biogas Expo 2018.”
David Newman, President of the
WBA , said:
“It’s great to see such inspiring
examples of biogas use from
around the world in this year’s
awards shortlist. The AD & Biogas
Industry Awards Ceremony 2018
will recognise those who make an
exceptional contribution to the
growth of biogas globally, and I
can’t wait to see who walks away
with the international prizes this
year – it promises to be a close-
fought contest!”
Dr Jonathan Scurlock, Chief
Adviser for Renewable Energy &
Climate Change at the National
Farmers’ Union and member of the
AD & Biogas Industry Awards 2018
Judging Panel, said:
“The NFU is delighted to be
involved again in this year’s AD &
Biogas Industry Awards, which
demonstrate the progress and
commitment of this important
renewable energy business sector
to decarbonising Britain and
adding value to both agriculture
and waste management – and
signposts the way to a totally net-
zero carbon economy in the
future.”
Dr David Tompkins, Head of
Knowledge Exchange &
Innovation at environmental
consultancy Aqua Enviro and
member of the AD & Biogas
Industry Awards 2018 Judging
Panel, said:
“It’s great to see a wide variety
of entrants from across a diverse
industry, highlighting individual
and collective good practice as
well as innovations that will allow
AD and digestate to make the
fullest possible contribution to a
sustainable bioeoconomy.”
June 2018 | Farming Monthly | 19