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Source: OMV
This significant project will stand as one of Europe’s largest facilities for green hydrogen production, representing a crucial advancement in OMV’s efforts to decarbonize its Schwechat refinery and promote energy transformation. Construction is set to commence in September 2025, with operations expected to begin in 2027.
OMV is already operating a 10 MW electrolyzer plant for green hydrogen in Schwechat and will procure renewable electricity for production, retaining ownership of the generated green hydrogen.
This partnership sets the stage for a future strategic collaboration between OMV and Masdar, focusing on green hydrogen, synthetic sustainable aviation fuels (e-SAF), and synthetic chemicals production in both the UAE and Central and Northern Europe. This follows the signing of a Letter of Intent earlier this year in April. The JV is expected to finalize in early 2026, pending completion of final documentation, shareholder approvals, and regulatory endorsements.
The binding agreement was formalized at ADIPEC, attended by distinguished figures including H.E. Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Chairman of Masdar; H.E. Dr. Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer, Austria’s Federal Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism; Dr. Alfred Stern, Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO of OMV; and Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, CEO of Masdar. The agreement was officially signed by Martijn van Koten, OMV Member of the Executive Board and Executive Vice President of Fuels and Chemicals, alongside Mohammad Abdelqader El Ramahi, Chief Green Hydrogen Officer at Masdar.
The ORLEN Group has officially commissioned a 42.2 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) farm at its Mažeikiai refinery in Lithuania. Expected to generate approximately 45 GWh of clean electricity annually for ORLEN Lietuva, the project marks the Group’s largest on-site renewable energy installation to date and serves to cut operational overhead while accelerating decarbonization across its industrial asset portfolio.
Delivered by Białystok-based contractor Electrum, the €35 million investment—which secured €2.5 million from the European Union’s Modernisation Fund—highlights the export of Polish engineering expertise into major CEE energy infrastructure projects.
Kořensko hydroelectric power plant is currently undergoing the largest modernization in its 34-year history. Operated by ČEZ as part of the Vltava cascade, the multi-million-crown overhaul will replace core machinery across both of its turbine units, resulting in safer, greener, and significantly more efficient operations by next spring.
Enefit, the electricity subsidiary of Estonia's Eesti Energia, has officially opened the Strzałkowo solar park in central Poland. The newly launched facility marks a major milestone for the company, standing as its largest single renewable energy project in the Polish market to date.
The Strzałkowo facility boasts an impressive installed capacity of 45 megawatts (MW). Operational estimates suggest the site will generate approximately 45 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of clean electricity annually.