The following overview of electrolysers is based on monitoring by HyPA. If we have missed a plant that is in operation or planned, please send an e-mail to office(at)hypa.at.

Electrolysers in operation (as of April 2024)

  • This project, funded by the Climate and Energy Fund as part of the RTI initiative "Vorzeigeregion Energie", aims to provide hydrogen for Infineon's chip production in Villach.

  • A 2 MW PEM electrolyser will be in operation in Villach (Carinthia) in 2023. The production capacity is 800 kg H2 per day.

  • www.klimafonds.gv.at/dossier/wasserstoff-dossier/projekte/h2pioneer/

  • In the successor project to Underground Sun Conversion, which is also subsidised by the Climate and Energy Fund, hydrogen is stored in an underground gas reservoir, which can then be used again in times of low supply of green electricity from PV and wind (winter half-year).

  • 2 MW PEM in operation in Gampern (Upper Austria) since 2023

  • www.uss-2030.at

  • The project was funded by the EU via the Clean Hydrogen Partnership and by the Swiss government. The electrolyser is intended to balance the grid and supplies the local food supplier MPREIS with hydrogen.

  • 3.2 MW pressurised alkaline electrolyser in operation near Völs (Tyrol) since 2023.

  • www.demo4grid.eu

  • The project with the consortium led by Energie Steiermark is being subsidised by the WIVA P&G flagship region of the Climate and Energy Fund. The hydrogen produced is used directly (delivered to industrial operations by trailer and available at the hydrogen filling station) or processed into methane in a methanisation plant connected to a biogas plant and fed into the gas grid.

  • 1 MW PEM electrolyser in operation in Gabersdorf (Styria) since 2022

  • www.vorzeigeregion-energie.at/vorzeigprojekte/renewable-gasfield/

  • Austria's only AEM electrolysis (anion exchange membrane technology) to date. AEM electrolysis is a hybrid of PEM electrolysis and alkaline electrolysis.
  • the AEM electrolysis system was set up in the HySnow project and is currently being continued in the HyFleet project, which is subsidised by the Climate and Energy Fund
  • the plant is located at 1,300 metres above sea level
  • further information: https: //www.klimafonds.gv.at/themen/bewusstseinsbildung/serviceseiten/zem/hyfleet-wasserstofftechnologie-fuer-emissionsfreie-fahrzeugflotten/

  • A project by VERBUND, voestalpine and Siemens Energy and other partners to build a 6 MW PEM system for the voestalpine steelworks in Linz. Funded by the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking.

  • 6 MW PEM electrolyser in operation near Linz (Upper Austria) since 2019

  • www.h2future-project.eu

  • Built by RAG Austria AG and a high-calibre consortium as part of a flagship project funded by the Climate and Energy Fund. Hydrogen and CO2 are injected into an underground natural gas reservoir, where existing microorganisms convert the mixture into methane.

  • 0.5 MW alkaline electrolyser in operation near Pilsbach (Upper Austria) since 2018

  • www.underground-sun-conversion.at

 

Electrolysers in planning or under construction (as of April 2024)

  • The project, which is subsidised by the Climate and Energy Fund, is part of TIWAG's Power2X project. The plan is to build a sector coupling plant near the TIWAG Langkampfen run-of-river power plant to supply a petrol station with hydrogen and a sewage treatment plant with oxygen and hydrogen.

  • 5 MW electrolyser capacity planned for 2025 in Kufstein (Tyrol)

  • www.tiwag.at/unternehmen/energiewende/power2x-kufstein/

  • In the project funded by the RTI programme "Mobility of the Future", synthetic fuels are to be produced from CO2 and H2O using high-temperature electrolysis and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. The plant is expected to produce around 160,000 litres of diesel, 150,000 litres of wax and 150,000 litres of naphtha per year.

  • 1 MW Co-SOEC planned for 2024 in Graz (Styria)

  • www.wiva.at/project/ife/

  • Burgenland Energie and Verbund want to gradually build up hydrogen production in Burgenland. This hydrogen will then be transported to Vienna via the H2Collector Ost pipeline project using gas pipelines.

  • In the first phase, an electrolyser capacity of 60 MW is to be built in Zurndorf by 2027. This is to be expanded to up to 300 MW in the next phase by 2030.

  • www.verbund.com/de-at/geschaeftskunden/industrie/gruener-wasserstoff/projekte