Innovative partnership: E-shop with green electricity from Burgenland!

Innovative partnership: E-shop with green electricity from Burgenland!

Burgenland, Österreich - ÖAMTC, Raiffeisen and Siemens are a groundbreaking partnership to redesign e-mobility in Austria. From the first quarter of 2025, e-car drivers can move into public charging stations in Burgenland Ökostrom directly from the Raiffeisen energy cooperatives. This model, which is based on community electricity production, increases both sustainability and cost efficiency of electromobility. Ernst Kloboucnik, ÖAMTC State Director, emphasizes the importance of this initiative: "We actively shape the mobility transition," he said, referring to the regional savings for the members of the cooperative models.

The Burgenland, which launched a unique network of energy cooperatives in 2022, offers the ideal basis for this. As the only federal state with 100 % surface coverage through such cooperative structures, it creates stable and cheap tariffs for consumers and producers. In addition, the mobility partnership will be gradually expanded to Vienna, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Upper Austria, Styria and Carinthia, as raiffeisen.at

together to the goal of the energy transition

A central goal of the Renewable Expansion Act in Austria is the increase in green electricity production to 81 terawatt hours by 2030. According to the law, energy communities should actively participate in the expansion. These communities allow citizens: inside and companies to produce and share electricity locally, whereby the potential of photovoltaic systems and wind power is crucial. The model of the energy communities shows how direct participation and community responsibility can contribute to a faster energy transition.

The innovative mobility partnership not only creates a sustainable e-charging infrastructure, but also strengthened regional energy use. The participants of all energy cooperatives are incentivized by democratic structures and simple participation conditions to participate in this future -oriented project. The now emerging synergy between e-mobility and sustainable energy production is a crucial step for a greener future in Austria.