Seven of Vienna’s ten new hydrogen buses are sidelined because CaetanoBus cannot supply ordinary spare parts. Not hydrogen tanks. Not fuel-cell stacks. Not high-pressure valves. Door compressors and blind-spot monitoring systems. That is what makes the case important for transit procurement agencies. The reported failure is not exotic enough to … [continued]
When a customer chooses to reinvest after more than a year of successful operation, it sends a powerful signal. For european cleantech champion Syncraft, that signal now comes from long-time partner PurEnergy, which has decided to order a second climate-positive Syncraft power plant following the strong performance of their first … [continued]
In Going am Wilden Kaiser, Austria, the famous Stanglwirt resort has inaugurated its climate positive Syncraft powerplant. The family-run hotel was first mentioned in 1609 and today is one of the world’s leading mountain resorts which has seen guests from Mohamed Ali to Buzz Aldrin, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and many more. … [continued]
Chatgpt generated panoramic image of an Austrian hydrogen station boarded up, with a red “Closed” banner across idle pumps
Austria has quietly joined the list of countries that have stepped away from hydrogen as a transportation fuel. In April 2025 OMV, the Austrian oil and gas major that had operated all of the country’s public hydrogen refueling stations, announced that it would be shutting them down by September. There … [continued]
The construction of the climate-positive Syncraft power plant in Waiern (Austria) is advancing swiftly. The team on site has reached several crucial milestones: the steel construction assembly has been finalized, container assembly has been completed, the INNIO gas engine was delivered and installed, and the radiator has already been mounted … [continued]
Another innovative stride in Upper Austria’s green-energy landscape is the groundbreaking of the new SYNCRAFT climate-positive power plant in Wallern, Austria. This facility will convert regional forest residues into baseload clean electricity, heat, and carbon removal (CDR), moving energy forward and removing carbon from the atmosphere. From Waste Biomass To … [continued]
· NIO plans to expand into Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary, Luxembourg, Poland, and Romania as the next step in its European growth journey. · NIO introduces a multi-brand offering with NIO and firefly to reach new user groups. · Partnerships with local distributor groups set the foundation for expansion. Munich, Germany— NIO, … [continued]
Q: You’re a co-founder of SYNCRAFT. What led to starting the company? We began our journey in 2009 at the Management Center Innsbruck (MCI), when we invented our unique and patented biomass conversion process — the so-called floating fixed bed gasifier. This innovation became the foundation for what SYNCRAFT is … [continued]
At the latest year’s Energy Globe Austria Awards, held at the ORF Landesstudio Linz, the team from SYNCRAFT and the Josef Ressel Center at MCI Innsbruck took home the prestigious Audience Award in the Water category. Their groundbreaking project, “Smart Wastewater Treatment Using Powdered Activated Carbon,” was selected from nearly … [continued]
An additional new chapter in Europe’s clean energy story opened at the end of October 2024 with the inauguration of a Syncraft biomass power plant in Gänserndorf, Lower Austria. The facility, built by the world leading experts from the technology firm Syncraft, is generating renewable electricity and heat while actively … [continued]
