A total of thirty two companies and people have been selected as finalists for the Hydrogen UK Awards 2026. The winners will be revealed in March.

The trade group Hydrogen UK shared the list of finalists for its nine award categories. These awards celebrate those who are helping the UK’s hydrogen industry grow.

The award ceremony will be held on March 10th at the National Conference Centre in Birmingham. This event takes place just before Hydrogen UK’s yearly conference.

Hydrogen UK stated, “The 2026 shortlist shows the wide range, growing experience, and fast pace of the UK hydrogen sector. It shows important progress in production, infrastructure, transport, industry, finance, and training.”

Last year’s winners in 2025 included companies like Air Products, Centrica, and Oort Energy.

The list of finalists for this year is as follows:

Hydrogen Person of the Year
Andrew Cunningham from GeoPura
Kerry Mullen from Hynamics
Salah Mahdy from Chart Industries
Sara Walker from HI ACT
Tracy Scott from RES

Future Hydrogen Leader
This category is sponsored by SLR Consulting.
Elizabeth Simon from Hydrogen Safe
Graham Dixon from Lhyfe
Jay Keeley from HiiROC
Joseph Haigh from Arup
Omar Sorour from Penspen

Community Engagement
This category is sponsored by H2 View.
Aberdeen Hydrogen Hub project partners, which are bpAHEL, Hydrasun, OCS, and Robertson
Hydrogen Challenge
Hydrologiq
Inspection and Consultancy Services
South and City College Birmingham

Best Thought Leadership
DNV
Energy Research Accelerator
Equinor
Hydrogen Integration for Accelerated Energy Transitions Hub, also called HI ACT
Hydrogen Safe

Innovation Project
This category is sponsored by Withers and Rogers LLP.
HiiROC
INEOS Electrochemical Solutions
Loughborough University
Oort Energy
Wild Hydrogen

Hydrogen for Transport
Extreme H
HyHAUL Mobility
National Gas for its FutureGrid Deblending project
UK Civil Aviation Authority

Infrastructure Project
Arup
Humber Hydrogen Pipeline by Equinor, Centrica Energy Storage, and SSE Thermal
LTS Futures by SGN
Project Brigg by Centrica and National Gas
Project Union by National Gas

Industrial Application
This category is sponsored by Hynamics.
Ceres
Dunphy Combustion Ltd
Heidelberg Materials
Lagan MEICA Limited
Progressive Energy

Finance and Investment
Close Brothers Asset Finance
GeoPura, working with Barclays and EIFO
Hy24
HSBC UK

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