It was the trade body’s third annual awards, where the winners were announced in a ceremony in Birmingham, recognising work across finance and investment, community engagement, industrial applications, transport and more.

In an opening speech, Hydrogen UK Vice-President and Honeywell Director and Head of Government Relations, Willie Coetzee, said the sector was broadly on the right track, compared with other energy scale-ups.

“If we apply ourselves, if we work together and work towards that common goal, we can stay the course and enable some of these barrier-breaking opportunities to get us there faster,” he said.

Full list of winners:

Hydrogen Person of the Year: Andrew Cunningham, CEO of GeoPura

Future Hydrogen Leader (sponsored by SLR Consulting): Graham Dixon, Lhyfe

Company of the Year (CEO award): Hynamics

Community Engagement (sponsored by H2 View): Inspection & Consultancy Services

Best Thought Leadership: Hydex, delivered by Energy Research Accelerator

Best Innovation Project (sponsored by Withers & Rogers): Hiiroc

Hydrogen for Transport: Extreme H

Infrastructure Project: LTS Futures – Scottish Gas Networks

Industrial Application (sponsored by Hynamics): Heidelberg Materials

Finance and Investment: Close Brothers Asset Finance

The awards come on the eve of Hydrogen UK’s annual conference.