Hydrogen Industry Valley Austria

Hydrogen Valley with a strong focus in the industry as the consumer, placed in the centre of Austria (Upper Austria, Styria and Carinthia).

LEAD DEVELOPER

Association WIVA P&G

PROJECT PARTNERS

Linz AG, Energie AG,

RAG, Linz AG, Energie AG,

voestalpine, Rohrdorfer, LAT-Nitrogen

MAIN POLITICAL SPONSORS

politicyl sponsors and industrial companies

MAIN LOCATION

Austria

OTHER LOCATIONS

Project details

H2 PRODUCTION VOLUME

[T/year]:

2,030

INVESTMENT VOLUME

N.A.

FUNDING

VALUE CHAIN COVERAGE

PRIMARY ENERGY SOURCING

Electricity from solar PV
Electricity from onshore wind
Hydropower
Electricity from biofuels
Industrial gas

H2 PRODUCTION

Water electrolysis with PEM electrolyser

H2 STORAGE

Cylinder - Compressed H2
Cylinder - Methanol
Cylinder - Ammonia

H2 TRANSPORT

Pipeline - Compressed H2

H2 DISTRIBUTION FOR MOBILITY

HRS 350 bar

END USES

MOBILITY

ENERGY

Stationary fuel cells for distributed generation
Hydrogen supply to gas-fired power plants

INDUSTRIAL FEEDSTOCK

Supply to chemical industry (e.g. fertilizer production)
Supply to steel industry
Supply to other industries

Project timeline

CURRENT STATUS:

pre-FID (planning, engineering, de-risking, etc.)

2014

2023

Start of project development

2025

Project finalization

2035

KEY SUCCESS FACTORS

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PHASE

Technological readiness/technological performance (e.g. availability, efficiency, duration/lifetime)
Political backing and buy-in
Funding
Project's business case

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCING PHASE

Applying for public subsidy/grant schemes
Securing private investors

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N.A.: Not available. This is possible due to two reasons: a) the Hydrogen Valley chose to not publicly display the data or b) the Hydrogen Valley did not answer the specific question in the associated survey.