Austria starts up its largest green hydrogen plant
State-owned Austrian energy and chemicals business OMV has announced the start-up of its 10MW green hydrogen production plant at the Schwechat refinery near Vienna. It is the largest plant of its kind so far in Austria, but not striking in scale.
The €25m plant has capacity to produce up to 1,500 tonnes of green hydrogen per year – about 4 tonnes per day.
The 10MW PEM electrolyser is powered by electricity from wind, hydro, and solar sources.
The company, which is targeting Net Zero by 2050 “at the latest”, also confirmed the plant is certified for producing renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBO).
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