Updates from ALBON.
Pilot results, awards, field visits, and company milestones.
ALBON wins Sky Zero Award at London Business School Cleantech Challenge 2026
ALBON was awarded the Sky Zero Award – £20,000 – at the LBS Cleantech Challenge 2026, recognising our modular algae–bacteria system for treating agri-food wastewater and converting biomass to biochar.
ALBON reaches MIT Climate & Energy Prize Grand Finals in Boston
ALBON competed at the MIT Climate and Energy Prize Grand Finals at Greentown Labs, Boston – representing the Asia & Oceania region among 12 global finalists.
December 2025 quarterly update: commercial pipeline, pilot results, and next steps
It's been a strong quarter at ALBON – commercial pipeline advancing, pilot results confirmed by independent environmental officers, and our first paid dairy deployment in design. A summary of where we are and what's next.
Will Wulff promoted to Principal Engineer
Will Wulff has been promoted to Principal Engineer at ALBON following his contributions to PLC system design and validation, prototyping, and photobioreactor development.
Field visit: The Little Big Dairy Co., Dubbo
Tom Bessell visited The Little Big Dairy Co. in Dubbo as ALBON prepares for its first smaller-scale paid dairy pilot later this year. Site visits like this are invaluable as we co-design our commercial deployment.
Tom Bessell wins NSW Australian Water Association Student Water Prize
ALBON co-founder Tom Bessell has been awarded the 2026 NSW Australian Water Association Student Water Prize for his work on algae-based agri-food wastewater treatment.
September 2025 quarterly update: pilot performance and commercial progress
ALBON's Wiley Park pilot continues to show measurable results. Quarterly monitoring by Canterbury Bankstown Council environmental officers confirms blue-green algae suppression and improved water quality across the period.
June 2025 quarterly update: Wiley Park deployment and system learnings
Six months into our Wiley Park pilot with Canterbury Bankstown Council. The system is operating autonomously, solar-powered, and delivering measurable reductions in blue-green algae cell counts across quarterly monitoring periods.
March 2025 quarterly update: big start to 2025
We've had a big start to 2025 at ALBON. The Wiley Park pilot is live, the system is running autonomously, and we're in active conversations with agri-food operators about commercial deployment.
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