The Sustainable Energy Council (SEC) & RX Global have announced the shortlist of nominees for the World Hydrogen 2026 Awards, comprised of 35 extraordinary projects, companies and individuals who are transforming the hydrogen industry.

The winners will be announced on 19th May 2026 at a ceremony at the Rotterdam Ahoy, as part of the World Hydrogen 2026 Summit & Exhibition, organised by Sustainable Energy

Council and RX Global in partnership with the Dutch Government, the Province of Zuid-Holland, the City of Rotterdam and the Port of Rotterdam.

The 7 awards categories celebrate the outstanding contributions of leaders within the hydrogen sector whose work is shaping the future of energy. Through innovation, partnerships and commercial advances, these finalists are enabling the scalability needed to make hydrogen commercially viable and readily available to decarbonise even the most polluting sectors of our global economy.

Following record number of nominations received, the Awards Judging panel made up of the SEC Hydrogen Advisory Board, carefully reviewed and voted on each of the nominees based on this year’s awards criteria to produce the shortlist.

This year, the global hydrogen community is invited to participate not only by submitting nominations, but also by voting on the shortlist to define the ultimate winners. Public voting is now open until 1st April via the World Hydrogen Awards Website here.

The finalists of the World Hydrogen 2026 Awards are:

Clean Hydrogen Project Nominees

1. REFHYNE 2, 100MW electrolyser, Germany
2. Worley Nederland BV, The Netherlands
3. Air Products – NEOM Green Hydrogen Company
4. Repsol Renewable and Circular Solutions, S.A, Spain
5. Hy4Chem, Siemens Energy, Germany

Industrial Application Nominees

100 MW Elyzer P-300 plant, Siemens Energy, Germany

1. Hyster, in collaboration with MSC Terminal Valencia and H2Ports Project; Country: United States (Hyster), Valencia, Spain (Project location)
2. REFHYNE 2 at Shell Energy & Chemicals Park Rheinland
3. HYDGEN – Hydrogen Innovation Pte Ltd, Singapore
4. HILT CRC Project RP3.007 ‘Unlocking investment in energy infrastructure for net-zero industrial hubs’, Australia

Future Leader Nominees

1. Ru Beau Broen – Project Manager Hydrogen – New Energy Coalition
2. Priya Aryabhumi, Project Manager of Holland Hydrogen 1
3. Anne Lyck Smitshuysen, Fuel Cell Specialist, Dynelectro
4. Sandip P. Dhurat, SPD Innovative
5. Dr Jimmy Rojas, CEO, EVOLOH

Hydrogen Transport Nominees

1. Air Products – Accelerating Hydrogen Mobility Through Liquid Hydrogen Transport Infrastructure
2. cellcentric GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
3. Project TiNTHyN
4. H2MOF, United States
5. Air Liquide’s Advanced Delivery System USA

Port of The Future Nominees 

1. Port of Rotterdam
2. Port of Pecém (Ceará)
3. Port of Antwerp-Bruges, Belgium
4. SCZONE Ain Sokhna
5. Port of Acu

Person of The Year Nominees

1. His Excellency Eng. Salim bin Nasser bin Said Al Aufi, the Minister of Energy and Minerals for the Sultanate of Oman
2. Jean Jouet, Chief Technology Officer, Rely
3. Beau Broen, Project Manager Hydrogen, New Energy Coalition
4. David A. Moore, PE, CSP, President & CEO, AcuTech Group, Inc.
5. Thibault de Sorbier, Technology Leader, Rely

System Innovator Nominees

1. Fluidline-Exacta International
2. Valmet Automation Oy Finland, & Nordic Ren-Gas Oy Finland
3. Modcon Systems Ltd., UK
4. Verdagy
5. Simon Ferjuc, CEO, Tetida, Croatia

For further information and to cast your vote, please visit: https://www.world-hydrogen-summit.com/world/en-gb/show-programme/awards.html

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