System Innovator

Fluidline Exacta International is nominated for its exceptional leadership and innovation in accelerating the hydrogen economy through a groundbreaking end-user solution: hydrogen-based clean cooking stoves.

Innovative Solutions and Sectoral Impact: Leveraging its deep expertise in high-pressure hydrogen infrastructure (including contribution to India’s first pilot H2 dispensing station), Fluidline Exacta executed a critical pivot over the last 12 months to develop a scalable, zero-emission hydrogen combustion system for cooking. This innovation significantly impacts hydrogen deployment by:

Opening New Markets: It immediately validates hydrogen as a viable, decentralized, consumer-level energy solution for residential (rural and urban) and commercial applications, addressing a market of billions.

Valmet and Nordic Ren- Gas have co-developed a full-scale digital twin and Central Control Room simulator based on Valmet DNA automation for Ren-Gas’ P-to-X fleet. The simulator is actively used to advance Ren-Gas’ green H2 and e-methane plants toward FID and commercial operation in 2028-30. It is integrating dynamic process models, centralized control logic, energy market optimization and operator interfaces into one unified operational framework. It enables Ren-Gas to validate technical feasibility, optimize CAPEX and OPEX, reduce investment risk before FID, construction and commissioning. It can be used to validate integrated plant design, convince stakeholders, test and justify optimal control strategies, validate optimal flexible operation methods and train operators in a high-fidelity, risk-free environment. Simulator is running in real time with real electricity price, ERP integration etc. It reduces operational risks and accelerates time-to -market shaping the future of H2.

Modcon Systems Ltd. is nominated as a System Innovator for redefining how hydrogen safety and process optimization are implemented at system level. Rather than treating analyzers as standalone instruments, Modcon has developed an integrated architecture that combines in-situ measurement, embedded intelligence, digital communications, and AI-driven diagnostics into a single, deployable safety and optimization framework for hydrogen production, transport, and storage.

This system-centric approach enables continuous detection of oxygen ingress, hydrogen purity deviations, and abnormal operating conditions directly on the process line, while simultaneously providing actionable insights to control systems and operators. By minimizing sample handling, supporting SIL-oriented designs, and enabling predictive rather than reactive intervention, Modcon’s innovation delivers measurable improvements in safety, availability, and lifecycle cost.

Verdagy is nominated as System Integrator of the Year for its breakthrough eDynamic™ electrolyzer technology, which enables real‑time integration with variable renewable power and delivers one of the widest dynamic operating ranges in the industry. Its single‑cell architecture, high-current‑density design and digital performance monitoring allow simplified system layouts, lower balance‑of‑plant complexity and materially lower operating costs. Verdagy is also rapidly scaling manufacturing, including opening the first DOE‑supported gigawatt‑scale electrolyzer factory in the United States — a major step toward large‑volume, cost‑competitive green hydrogen deployment. These capabilities make Verdagy a standout system integrator able to connect renewable power, high‑efficiency electrolysis and industrial off‑takers at scale.

Simon Ferjuc is nominated for the System Innovator award for his role in advancing hydrogen initiatives that link renewable energy innovation with practical infrastructure deployment. Tetida is active in engineering, project management and consulting in the hydrogen sector, and the company is a consortium partner in the EU Interregional Innovation Investments (I3)–supported North Adriatic Clean Hydrogen Investment Platform (NACHIP). A prominent NACHIP pilot is the “Innovative Green Hydrogen Production from Wave Energy in Žigljen Port (Novalja)” project on Croatia’s island of Pag.