- OMV has started producing green hydrogen at its €25m, 10MW electrolyser plant at the Schwechat refinery, Austria’s largest.
- The company will use the 1,500 tonnes of annual green hydrogen output to produce sustainable fuels and decarbonise refinery operations.
State-owned Austrian energy and chemicals company OMV has launched a 10MW green hydrogen production plant at its Schwechat refinery near Vienna. While the facility is the largest in Austria, it remains modest in scale compared to global standards.
The €25 million plant can produce up to 1,500 tonnes of green hydrogen annually, equivalent to about 4 tonnes per day. Powered by wind, hydro, and solar energy, the PEM electrolyser generates green hydrogen certified as a renewable fuel of non-biological origin (RFNBO).
OMV will use hydrogen to produce sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel (hydrotreated vegetable oil) while decarbonising industrial processes at the Schwechat site.
OMV board member for Fuels & Feedstock and Chemicals, Martijn van Koten, stated, “By building robust local production and supply chains for green hydrogen in Europe, OMV is advancing climate goals and safeguarding industrial progress. The expertise gained from this initiative will act as a springboard.”
OMV aims to achieve Net Zero by 2050, “at the latest.” At the national level, Austria plans to install 1GW of electrolyser capacity by 2030 and replace 80% of fossil-based hydrogen in energy-intensive industries by then.