The European Commission has approved a €400m Austrian State aid scheme, as well as a €36m Lithuanian scheme, to support the production of green hydrogen in those Member States through the “Auctions-as-a-Service” tool within the European Hydrogen Bank. The approved schemes will support the production of up to 112 kt of renewable hydrogen in Austria and 13 kt in Lithuania, resulting in the offset of the equivalent of up to 536 ktCO2 and 61 ktCO2, respectively. The aid will be awarded through a competitive bidding process to be concluded in the first quarter of 2025.
Under the schemes, the aid will take the form of a direct grant per kilogram of renewable hydrogen produced. The aid will be granted for a maximum duration of ten years. Beneficiaries will have to prove compliance with EU criteria for the production of renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBOs). This includes contributing to the deployment or financing of the additional renewable electricity which is needed to produce the hydrogen supported under the scheme.
Earlier in March 2025, the European Commission received 61 bids from projects in 11 countries for the European Hydrogen Bank’s second auction to produce green hydrogen.
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