Austria Wirtschaftsservice GmbH (aws) is Austria’s federal promotional bank, owned by the Republic of Austria and headquartered in Vienna. It finances and supports companies—especially startups and small and medium-sized enterprises—through grants, low-interest loans, guarantees, and equity investments. Its mandate is to strengthen Austria’s innovation capacity and competitiveness by improving access to capital and advisory services across all stages of growth.
aws administers national and EU‑cofinanced programs for research, technology and innovation, digitalization, and sustainability, and operates instruments such as the aws Gründerfonds and technology transfer initiatives. For the chemical and process industries, aws funding can support R&D, pilot and scale‑up facilities, industrial modernization, and decarbonization projects, including energy‑efficiency and circular‑economy measures. Established in 2002 through the merger of several predecessor institutions, aws operates under the supervision of Austria’s federal ministries responsible for economic affairs and finance.
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140 MW electrolyser at Bruck will produce 23,000 t/yr renewable hydrogen, feed Schwechat refinery via 22 km pipeline, cutting direct CO₂ by up to 150,000 t/yr; operations due end‑2027.
Plant in Lower Austria will produce up to 23,000 t/yr of green hydrogen, start by end‑2027, supply Schwechat refinery and cut about 150,000 t CO2 annually.
Austria backs a 140 MW green hydrogen plant, operational by 2027, to cut 150,000 tons of carbon emissions annually, aiding the Schwechat refinery's decarbonization.
The joint venture will build and operate a major green hydrogen plant in Austria, aiming to decarbonize OMV's refinery and explore future collaborations in synthetic fuels and chemicals.
The 140 MW plant will produce 23,000 tons of green hydrogen annually, cutting 150,000 tons of carbon emissions at the Schwechat refinery by 10%. Completion is set for 2027.
The Schwechat refinery now hosts a ReOil plant and Austria's largest electrolyzer. A new 140 MW green hydrogen plant is planned, aiming to cut CO₂ emissions by 150,000 tons annually.
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