The Austrian government published its national hydrogen strategy last month
Verbund outlines 300MW green hydrogen project
Planned facility in eastern Austria is first to be unveiled since government published national strategy in June
Austrian state-controlled power company Verbund and regional utility Burgenland Energie have set out joint plans to develop a 300MW green hydrogen project in the country’s eastern state of Burgenland. The facility, to be powered by wind and solar energy, would produce 9,000t/yr of hydrogen in a first phase from 2026, rising to full production of 40,000t/yr in 2030, the companies say. The project is the first to be announced since the Austrian government set out a national hydrogen strategy in June. The strategy calls for 1GW of electrolyser capacity by 2030. The government expects the country’s hydrogen demand to increase by a factor of four or five by 2040, requiring both local production a
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