According the BalkanGreenEnergyNews, within just a few days, two green hydrogen plants were inaugurated in Central and Eastern Europe – in Austria and Hungary. The facility in Vienna has a capacity of 3 MW. The one in a Budapest suburb has 10 MW and, according to it operator MOL, it is the largest in the region.
The first green hydrogen plant was put into operation in the Austrian capital. The facility in Vienna’s Simmering district is on the Wiener Netze campus. The EUR 110 million investment is operated by the city’s power and heating company Wien Energie and gas and electricity distributor Wiener Netze.
The first green hydrogen plant was put into operation in the Austrian capital. The facility in Vienna’s Simmering district is on the Wiener Netze campus. The EUR 110 million investment is operated by the city’s power and heating company Wien Energie and gas and electricity distributor Wiener Netze.
Both firms are part of Wiener Stadtwerke, the largest state-owned utility company.
Wiener Linien has been testing hydrogen-powered buses since 2021, and the plan is to introduce one line with only H2 fueled buses from next year. Ten buses of the Portuguese company CaetanoBus will transport passengers on line 39A.
