Austria: OMV, Post to develop green hydrogen in heavy goods transport

The intention is for first use to be achieved by 2023 at the latest, with the goal to have 2,000 HGVs powered by green-hydrogen fuel cells by 2030.

OMV, the integrated, international oil, gas and chemicals company, and Österreichische Post AG, Austria’s leading provider of transport and logistics services, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote commercial electromobility for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) in Austria.

OMV and Post have pledged that the first application in Austria be realized no later than 2023. The goal is that by 2030 a total of 2,000 fuel-cell-powered HGVs can be operated in Austria by various users.

The initiative will remain open to additional companies looking to cooperate in the field of hydrogen.

OMV is one of several partners to have committed to providing green hydrogen and the requisite infrastructure and recently made a final investment decision (FID) together with Kommunalkredit Austria for a 10 MW electrolysis unit at the site in Schwechat. Post plans to introduce test vehicles and integrate them into its existing logistics fleet. Both companies intend to use this to gain experience in operating the hydrogen supply chain and fleet.

OMV produces and markets oil and gas, as well as chemical solutions. The group operates about 2,100 filling stations in ten European countries and runs gas storage facilities in Austria and Germany.