November 05, 2025 [Reuters]- The United Arab Emirates’ state-owned energy company Masdar will invest in Austria’s largest hydrogen project, run by oil and gas firm OMV, Austria’s APA news agency reported on Wednesday.
According to an agreement with the Emirati government announced by Austria’s economy minister at the ADIPEC energy fair in Abu Dhabi, Masdar will hold a 49% stake in the planned electrolysis plant in Bruck an der Leitha, while OMV will retain a 51% stake and operational management, APA reported.
The investment amounts to a high three-digit million sum, it added.
The deal would mark a step further in economic ties between Austria and the United Arab Emirates, whose state-owned oil company ADNOC is already the second-largest shareholder in partially state-owned OMV with a 24.9% stake.
“What is absolutely new is that there is a direct investment from Abu Dhabi in Austria,” OMV CEO Alfred Stern said, according to APA.
The 140-megawatt electrolysis plant, which is planned to be operational by the end of 2027 and will produce up to 23,000 tonnes of green hydrogen, is set to be the largest of its kind in Austria and one of the five largest in Europe.
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