Brian Cox, chief executive of Bioenergy Association, is a finalist in the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority's Energy Leadership Award.
He was nominated by the Bioenergy Association board.
Mr Cox says the association's aim is to move organisations using coal and liquid fossil fuels into sustainable energy forms such as wood and liquid biofuels.
"Using wood residues from forestry harvesting and processing instead of coal and fossil fuels is good economically and for the environment.
"My focus is on minimising coal use to drive industrial processes and maximising greater use of wood."
