WIVA P&G HyWest

Country
Austria

The R&D flagship project WIVA P&G HyWest serves as a model for the development of a largely autonomous regional green hydrogen economy in western Austria and is funded by the Klima- und Energiefonds in the framework of the Energy Model Region program. The main focus of the 23 Mio. Euro project is the investigation of cross-sectoral production and storage as well as the application of green hydrogen and the further establishment of a green hydrogen economy in Central Europe.

Lead developer FEN Systems
Project partner

Overarching / General

FEN Systems

H2 production

MPREIS Hydrogen, TIWAG-Next Energy Solutions GmbH

H2 transportation, storage & distribution

MPREIS Hydrogen, TIWAG-Next Energy Solutions GmbH, FEN Research GmbH

H2 end use

MPREIS Hydrogen, TIWAG-Next Energy Solutions GmbH

Locations
Austria | Innsbruck

Project details

Production volume

H2 production from electrolysis

500 H2 tons/year

Final products

500.00 tons/year of H2

H2 color

Green

Total electrolyser capacity

5.00 MW

Total investment (CAPEX)

23 EUR m

Value chain coverage

Primary energy sourcing

Grid - 5.00 MW

H2 production

Alkaline water (ALK) electrolyser – 3.00 MW Polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyser – 2.00 MW

H2 Storage

Artificial - 2.00 tons

H2 transport

Trucking

End use

Mobility

Road

Energy

Hydrogen supply to gas-fired power plants

Industry

Other

Project timeline

Current status: In operations

Planned timeline for First built out stage

Q1 2019 Project initiated
Q3 2022 Concept study completed
Q2 2016 Feasibility study completed
Q2 2020 FEED completed
Q2 2019 Final Investment Decision taken
Q3 2020 Construction started
Q3 2022 In operations

Current main activities

Commissioning completed and ramp-up of hydrogen production
First volumes delivered to offtakers or injected into the network
Monitoring of performance (technical, commercial, environmental) and continuous optimization
Operations and maintenance processes fully implemented