A total of 16 awards, covering categories from mobility, and industrial applications, to production and storage, and maintenance and marketing, were handed out to global players in the hydrogen world.
Kicking off the evening, Matt MacNamara, from the Hydrogen Awards, said, “This is the first celebration of the awards, where talented and visionary people from across the industry have come together to celebrate innovation, and excellence in hydrogen.”
Ian Constance, CEO of the Advance Propulsion Centre; Sharon George, Course Director at Keele University; Jon Hunt, Hydrogen Manager at Toyota; Jenny Kavanagh, Chief Strategy Officer at Cranfield Aerospace; Dr. Michaela Kendall, CEO of Adelan; Faye McAnulla, Programme Director at HyDEX/ERA/H2 GV MIDS; Harsh Pershad, Head of Hydrogen at Tevva; and Ben Richardson, UK&I Lead Stationary Fuel Cells at Bosch, made up the main judging panel.
UK-based GeoPura picked up the main Outstanding Achievement Gold Award for presenting two case studies for off-grid power supply, with judges noting success from the company’s Hydrogen Power Units (HPUs) on building sites and film and TV sets. GeoPura also took home awards in the Utility and Construction categories.
“It’s great to be recognised for the work we are doing today, providing zero emission energy to some of the hardest to abate sectors,” said, Rebecca McLean, Chief Commercial Officer at GeoPura. “To win the gold outstanding achievement award was a fantastic surprise – all the teams involved will be over the moon.”
The US’ Fuel Cell Energy won in the Installation, Service and Maintenance category, with the company’s Trigeneration platform highlighted by the panel. The company also took home the Distribution award for the same platform. Joseph Daly, Director, Advanced Product Development at Fuel Cell Energy commented, “We really appreciate the awards and recognition for what we have accomplished.”
Canadian Fuel Cell manufacturer Loop Energy also picked up two awards in the ‘Mass Transit’ and ‘Distribution and Marketing and Communications’ categories, seeing the firm’s fuel cell commercialisation highlighted.
Fabio Managaniello, Director of Sales, and Business Development (EU) from Loop Energy told H2 View, “In the past few years we have put a lot of effort into expanding our production capacity and commercial presence. It is fantastic to have that effort recognised by the awards we have won.”
Dr. Peter Clough, Dr. Tosin Adepipe, and Robert Warman of Cranfield University won the Academic Excellence in Hydrogen Research and Innovation Gold Award for the HyPer Project, focused on the development of Bulk Hydrogen Production by Sorbent Enhanced Steam Reforming.
Dr. Tosin Adepipe, Technical Project Manager for the HyPer Project said, “Being recognised for our contributions to the hydrogen development space means an awful lot. I’m really pleased that the hard work of the team, all our project partners, our funders, and the universitt has really paid off.”
In the Automotive category, Schaeffler Technologies’ novel nanocoating, Enertect PCT+, to enable steel to be used for the mass production of fuel cells, won the company the award.
Scottish HVS won the Road Haulage award for its development of its hydrogen fuel cell truck platforms which are intended to decarbonise UK Roads. Karen Preston, Sales and Marketing at HVS, explained, “The whole HVS team has worked really hard towards where we are today. It’s an amazing achievement and really great to receive recognition for the business.”
In the Aerospace category, H2 Clipper won the award for its innovative hydrogen-powered airships and end-to-end infrastructure, while CMB.TECH’s HydroCat48 Crew Transfer Vessel won the company the Marine Award.
HyNet’s Progressive Energy took home the Industrial award while Bloom Energy and Hy Stor Energy picked up the Production and Storage awards respectively, with Advanced Hydrogen Technologies Group’s hydrogen generator won it the Domestic award.