OMV FIDs 140MW Austrian green hydrogen plant, but subsidies remain a condition
Austrian state-owned oil and gas firm OMV has taken final investment decision (FID) on a 140MW green hydrogen plant to supply its refinery near Vienna, but warns it will be subject to securing EU or national subsidies.
The plant in Bruck an der Leitha is expected to produce 23,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per year and would replace volumes of fossil-based hydrogen used at its Schwechat refinery.
OMV said this could cut CO2 emissions by around 150,000 tonnes per year.
It intends to start production at the end of 2027, using renewable energy from wind, solar and hydro.
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