The Clean Hydrogen Partnership will once again recognise its leading projects and beneficiaries for their outstanding achievements at the Awards Ceremony on 24 November 2025.
This annual event celebrates excellence in hydrogen research and innovation, honouring the people and projects that drive Europe’s clean energy transition.
The Awards include the following categories:
- Best Innovation and Best Success Story – winners chosen by public vote
- Best Outreach
- European H2 Valley of the Year
- Women in H2 Innovation Award
Each category highlights exceptional accomplishments contributing to the growth of a sustainable hydrogen economy across Europe.
Categories
The Best Innovation Award showcases how collaboration among research institutions, industry, and policymakers delivers world-class solutions and accelerates the transition to a decarbonised economy.
Each shortlisted innovation exemplifies the tangible impact of Clean Hydrogen Partnership projects in advancing hydrogen technologies. The award will be presented to the project partners leading the winning innovation.
Check out the shortlisted projects!
The Best Success Story Award recognises the most impactful breakthroughs across the hydrogen value chain. These stories demonstrate how collaboration between research institutions, industry, and policymakers within a European partnership drives meaningful innovation in this challenging and fast-evolving field.
Each story highlights the crucial role of research and innovation (R&I) in transforming ideas into market-ready solutions, showcasing how successful and forward-thinking companies grow within Clean Hydrogen Partnership projects.
Together, these stories illustrate the Partnership’s portfolio approach, fostering low-carbon, sustainable solutions and opening new markets for European hydrogen technologies.
As multiple projects are often part of a single success story, all projects featured in the winning story will receive the award. This year, two stories spotlight specific project beneficiaries, who will be individually recognised if selected by public vote.
Check out the shortlisted success stories!
Please note that Building the standards to power Europe’s hydrogen economy and Hydrogen Valleys: Powering innovation and regional growth across Europe are not included in the public vote.
The Best Outreach Award celebrates excellence in public engagement and communication. It encourages EU-funded project beneficiaries to share their achievements creatively and strategically, raising awareness of hydrogen innovation among diverse audiences.
The winner will be selected by the Clean Hydrogen Partnership Programme Office.
The European H2 Valley of the Year Award honours exceptional achievements in the development and implementation of Hydrogen Valleys.
The Clean Hydrogen Partnership and its predecessor, the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), initiated work on Hydrogen Valleys as early as 2017 under the Regions Initiative. Since then, the concept has evolved significantly, with nearly 100 Hydrogen Valleys at various stages of development across 37 countries, as identified by the H2V Platform under Mission Innovation.
The breakthroughs in project implementation, outstanding efforts in covering the value chain, hydrogen volume produced/used in the valley, the stakeholders’ landscape and involvement, as well as the innovation level, will be used as criteria to identify the Valley of the Year in Europe.
Women in H2 Innovation
The Women in H2 Innovation Award recognises the outstanding achievements and contributions of a female researcher in hydrogen research and innovation.
Following the success of its first edition in 2024 - organised in collaboration with Women in Green Hydrogen - the Clean Hydrogen Partnership and its Programme Office will once again honour a remarkable woman driving progress in this transformative field.