During the nomination process, 90 nominations have been submitted representing all continents and 19 different countries. The nominees represent not only different places of origin, but also a broad range of professional areas. They have made contributions to the development of bioenergy in such diverse areas as biomass production techniques, refining of biofuels, biogas production processes, creation of associations, biomass trade, research and politics.The nominees are Laércio Couto, Brazil, John Swaan, Canada, Pentti Hakkila, Finland, Dilip Ranade, India, Ralph Sims, New Zealand, Bernt Svensén, Sweden, and Harry Stokes, USA.