The shortlisted entries for the Transport + Energy Awards 2026 have been announced following a record-breaking year for applications.
Judged by a panel of named sector practitioners with no commercial interests and no sponsor influence, every entry is assessed on what it actually delivered, by people who know how difficult it is to drive change.
This year’s programme spans 15 categories covering the full breadth of the transition – from electric vehicles and fleet electrification to charging infrastructure, energy network innovation, grid technology and the people driving it forward.
Two new categories join for 2026: the Energy Network Innovation Project of the Year and the Quentin Willson campaign of the year award.
Winners will be announced at the awards dinner on the evening of the Transport + Energy Forum, Thursday 12 November, in front of the councils, fleet managers, CPOs and energy network leaders who commission and procure across the sector.
Tickets can be bought for the event here.
See all the categories for the awards on the website here.
Best accessibility strategy or project
Sponsored by Motability Operations
London Borough of Enfield – HRA-EV charging project
Kerbo Charge – Accessibility tool to make cross-pavement channels usable
Fastned UK – Fastned accessible charging strategy
InstaVolt – InstaVolt’s ultra-rapid charging rollout
Best collaborative partnership: transport and energy sectors
SEE Services – EV infrastructure transformation programme – London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Keoma Energy – Electroway Lutterworth
Amplify EV – Chargeplace Scotland – creating a solution
Uber Boat by Thames Clippers – Orbit Clipper
Evolt Charging – Powering Dundee together: Dundee City Council and Evolt Charging
Charge-M8 – Libra and Tap electric charge AI: unlocking EV charging capacity
Fastned UK – Fastned and Places for London: working together to power London’s ultra rapid EV charging future
Aegis Energy – Aegis Energy and Voltloader partnership to accelerate the adoption of electric trucks
PLUG Charging – Natural Resources Wales fleet electrification and depot charging
Believ & Suffolk County Council – From first signature to lasting impact: Suffolk CC and Believ LEVI EV charging partnership
char.gy – Brighton and Hove Council and char.gy 6,000 charge point rollout
SP Electricity North West – Keeping Greater Manchester moving by collaborating on the city’s regional bee network
Best EV rapid charging network
Sponsored by Amplify
InstaVolt – InstaVolt rapid charging network
Osprey Charging Network – Osprey network
RAW Charging – UK-wide destination rapid and ultra-rapid charging network
Fastned UK – The UK’s most reliable, driver first ultra-rapid charging network
GRIDSERVE – Gridserve network
Smart Charge – Ultra-rapid EV charging, powered by Sainsbury’s
evyve – A nationwide rapid and ultra-rapid EV charging network
Be.EV – From regional operator to national rapid charging network
Best local authority EV charging scheme
Sponsored by Evolt Charging
Southwark Council – Accessible charging at the kerbside: Cross Pavement EV Charging Trial
Qwello – Electrifying Essex ORCS
Zest – Brent Council, Zest and Uber: delivering high-impact community EV charging at scale
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council – On-street EV Charging Innovation Programme
Newport City Council – On-street charging solutions
Manchester City Council – A multi-faceted approach to the challenge of equitable charging in Manchester
Best new product
Sponsored by Turbo Power Systems
Ratio EV — io6 Street
Charge-M8 – EV-Kube
Qwello — CP21
Sevadis — Sevadis Maxicharger Gen2 (Domestic)
Evolt Charging — Catstrap EV Cable Protector
Volteum — Volteum Live Fleet Management
Humax EV Charging — Humax MX7 Smart EV Charger
Kerbo Charge — Kerbo Klik – cross pavement solutions enterprise management
Hangar 19 — Duo AC-V2X charger
AMPVERVE — AMPVERVE Energy OS
Best new technology
Keoma Energy — ElectroWay Integrated HGV Charging & Energy Storage System
Connected Kerb – Smart charging
Optimo Energy — Optimo Energy Fleet Energy Operating System
waEV-charge — The waEV-smart platform
Volteum — Volteum Live Fleet Management
CYBERZENITH DYNAMICS SRL — EV Scout
FORS — FORS Professional Safe Driving with VR
K2 Mobility — PANION Integrated Charge Management for Electric Fleets
Zaptec — Zaptec Go 2
ev.energy — Charge & Earn
ClearWatt — ClearWatt EV Intelligence Platform
Rheinmetall Power Systems (Pierburg GmbH) – Curb Charger V1.1
Best on-street EV charging network
Brighton & Hove City Council — On-street EV charging network
Qwello — On-street EV charging network
Connected Kerb – On-street network
Zest — Powering up Portsmouth
Believ — Believ
char.gy — char.gy on-street charging network
Best private sector fleet partnership
Allstar — Allstar and Openreach: the EV transition
The AA — Enabling home charging for The AA’s patrol fleet
Novuna Vehicle Solutions — From Pilot to National Programme: The Novuna Vehicle Solutions & Amey Fleet Partnership
VEV Services – Westbourne Park: a partnership transforming a London Bus depot for a zero emission future
Best public sector fleet partnership
Fellten — Charge Qube at NHS Blood and Transplant: rapid fleet charging without a grid upgrade
Southwark Council – Southwark Council and Go Ahead’s bus garage charging partnership
Charging site of the year
Keoma Energy — Electroway Lutterworth
InstaVolt — Winchester Superhub
GRIDSERVE – Markham Vale Electric Forecourt
Fastned UK — Fastned and Places for London launch Hatton Cross
Energy network innovation project of the year
In association with ENA
Ohme — Crowdflex partnership with NESO
UK Power Networks — Blue Light
TUAL — Roll out of PowerUp Charger technology
Optimo Energy – First Bus Calendonian Road, Glasgow
Believ & NGED — The Connection Surgery
Impact award
Sponsored by Bevan Brittan
OMV — Rafael Tomososchi, Head of International Mobility
Evolt Charging — Justin Meyer, Managing Director
Believ – Marc Multin, Director of Technology Strategy & Innovation
Rising star award
Sponsored by The AA
Portsmouth City Council — Gareth Warner, Senior Transport Planner
TZconsultancy Ltd — Adam Jones, Fleet Environmental Manager, Platform Housing Group
Wokingham Borough Council – Sofia Charalampidou, Senior Transport Planner and Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (EVI) Project Manager
Blackpool Council — Jaime Barber, Project Manager – Electric Vehicle Infrastructure
Arcadis — Alec Johnson, Project Manager
Evolt Charging — Tom Macaulay, Service Director
Field Dynamics – Dr Will Dickens, Principal Consultant
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council — Sarah Williams, Senior Physical Regeneration Officer
Believ — Ramya Nanthakumar, Legal Counsel
Believ — Neil Fotheringham, Head of Bidding
FleetEV — Jarrad Morris, Founder and CEO
Team of the year
Portsmouth City Council – Portsmouth City Council EV infrastructure team
Southwark Council — Southwark EV & Infrastructure team
Brighton & Hove City Council — Brighton and Hove City Council electric vehicle infrastructure (EVI) ‘We’re electric’ team
Plug in Suffolk, Suffolk County Council — Plug in Suffolk
Evolt Charging – Evolt Charging service team
Osprey Charging — Osprey Charging’s tech team
UK Power Networks — Low carbon technology team
The Quentin Willson campaign of the year award
TwentyForty — The 12 Pillars of Change
Global Women in EV Day — Global Women in EV Day
The Highland Council – Regional Zero Emissions HDV Development Project
Connekt EV Charging — No Scotland No Party World Cup Tour
Renault Trucks — Zeroing In
