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International Solar Award for Austrian funding scheme ‘Large-scale solar thermal systems’
implementation and optimization of subsidized systems. Thus, the AIT team could follow up closely the innovative market developments for solar thermal Systems. Link Contact: Franz Helminger Photo Credits: [...] The funding scheme of the Austrian Climate and Energy Fund for Large-scale solar thermal systems won the SHC Solar Award of the International Energy Agency Solar Heating Programme (IEA SHC) in Abu Dhabi
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SESWA - Smart Energy Systems Week Austria 2018
theme, the SESWA gathers international experts from 14-18th of May 2018 in Vienna. The Smart Energy Systems Week Austria is one of the most renowned forums in the energy and technology community. It has been [...] Energy Fund and Wiener Netze GmbH. Wolfgang Hribernik, AIT's Head of Competence Unit Electric Energy Systems is a member of the SESWA scientific advisory board.The SESWA will start on 14th of May with top-class [...] startups. The key topics include how digital technologies enable local and regional, integrated energy systems, possible developments of local energy communities their technology and energy partners.At the symposium
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SIC! - Research on intelligent energy concepts for industry
Many different, innovative technologies, such as thermal energy storage, factory-roof photovoltaic systems, industrial heat pumps or data processing need to be optimally tuned to save energy and money, protect [...] It is supervised by Univ. Prof. Dr. René Hofmann, endowed professor at the Institute of Energy Systems and Thermodynamics of the TU Wien and at the AIT, one of the cooperation partners of the doctoral
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SETPlan 2018
Europe by supporting the most impactful technologies in the EU's transformation to a low-carbon energy system. It promotes cooperation amongst EU countries, companies, research institutions, and the EU itself
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AIT as an exhibitor at European Utility Week
network for 3 days in Vienna, especially on the main topics digitalization and low carbon energy systems. AIT participated with a stand, showcasing the AIT-developed storage demo, combining power
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René Hofmann becomes Principal Scientist at the AIT Center for Energy
climate-friendly industrial energy systems. From 2015 to 2020, René Hofmann was involved in the successful establishment of research activities related to industrial energy systems as part of an endowed professorship [...] Coordinator for the research field "Efficiency in Industrial Processes and Systems", which focuses on technology development and systems integration. René Hofmann has many years of experience in basic and applied [...] international networks. His current research focuses on the design and operational optimization of systems for complex power supplies for the industrial sector.
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AIT Center for Energy: Whitepaper on industrial heat pumps
process efficiency in industry for many decades. With larger shares of renewables in the electricity system, the decarbonization potential of this technology is increasing rapidly. Despite having high energy
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Digital solutions for the fight against climate change
in modern cities. This, in turn, depends upon effective and intelligent digital platforms and IT systems which allow land use planning, architecture, traffic management and energy supply to be designed [...] Cities Consulting (SSC, Vienna), and the City of Linz. “The CLARITY project is creating smart IT systems which will make climate risks and the corresponding adaptation measures easier to evaluate, with [...] explains Dr Wolfgang Loibl. The calculations and simulations are based, among others, on the EMIKAT IT system developed at the AIT Center for Digital Safety & Security which has been used for many years
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NEFI: Innovation network for emission-free industry grows by four additional projects
and potential applications for industrial heat pumps and flexibilities in the industrial energy system.The projects have been developed in NEFI_lab, co-financed by the provinces of Upper Austria and Styria [...] partners from companies, research institutes and public institutions, is developing technological and systemic solutions that will enable the energy transition in industry. The Climate and Energy Fund already
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Presentation of the Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda of the Horizon Europe Partnership "Clean Energy Transition" & "Driving Urban Transitions”
and cooling solutions" CETP Challenge 5 "Integrated Regional Energy Systems" CETP Challenge 6 "Integrated Industrial Energy Systems" CETP Challenge 7 "Integration in the built environment" CETP Challenge [...] Agenda (SRIA) for the Horizon Europe Partnership "Clean Energy Transition". The Center for Innovation Systems & Policy (Susanne Meyer & Nikolas Reschen) supported the Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate [...] Research & Innovation Challenges: CETP Challenge 1 "Optimised integrated European energy systems" CETP Challenge 2 "Enhanced Zero Emission Power Technologies" CETP Challenge 3 "Enabling climate
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Best practice for a sustainable production
Takeda shows that the technologies and methods we develop in the research area of industrial energy systems can be directly applied to industrial processes in the pharmaceutical production. The best practice [...] the use of industrial heat pumps is an essential building block for a future and efficient energy system“, explains Wolfgang Hribernik, Head of Center for Energy at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
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New Energy for Industry 2021:
Experts discuss technological and systemic solutions for the transformation of the industrial energy system Around 50 speakers from research, business and politics Decarbonisation and transformation of [...] technological challenges. In addition to the presentation of current systemic solutions for decarbonising the industrial energy system, the Policy Talks take place on the second day, with a high-level discussion [...] complexity of the industrial energy system – a transition to a climate-neutral industry requires not only the development of individual technologies, but also systemic and economic solutions. In addition
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Industrial heat pumps for a climate-neutral European industry
Norwegian research organization SINTEF, is an open circuit heat pump system, also known as the Mechanical Vapor Recompression (MVR) system, which uses water as a refrigerant in steam drying processes. During [...] More than 100 tons of biomass have so far been dried with the system, now additional operating hours are used to optimize and validate the system. Video on demosite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS0Ao-xn9WA [...] energy efficiency by designing, building, testing & demonstrating high temperature heat pump systems applicable to these industries. http://dryficiency.eu DryFiciency project partners AIT Austrian Institute
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Cancellation: Opening of the AIT DC Lab
facility will serve as development and validation platform for DC components and systems and is specified for DC systems up to 75 MW with currents up to 80 kA. As such, it is the largest of its kind in
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AIT opens high performance DC LAB
technologies are used in fields such as renewable energy systems, for combining photovoltaics with batteries or hydrogen, in electrical systems of electric cars, and for the industrial-scale supply of [...] our customers and partners high quality, specialised laboratory infrastructure for electric energy systems. For years, the research infrastructure for electrical engineering components provided by the High [...] platform for DC components.” Friederich Kupzog, Head of the Competence Unit for Electric Energy Systems at the Center for Energy: “There are very few comparable labs in Europe, and the new DC Lab enables
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NEFI Conference 2022
the industrial energy system. Technological innovation fields: Energy efficiency and new processes, renewables, storage and demand side management (DSM), industry and grid. Systemic innovation fields: Regulatory [...] politics, research and industry Scientific exchange on decarbonization of the industrial energy system Presentation and awarding of scientific papers The order of the day in Europe is climate neutrality [...] Due to the great interest and the immense importance of the transformation of the industrial energy system, the NEFI Innovation Network is organizing the second NEFI Scientific Conference on October 13-14
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AIT and TU Graz launch joint doctoral programme in the field of hydrogen technology
Sustainable Propulsion Systems “The production of hydrogen by splitting water in electrolysis offers enormous potential for integrating renewable power sources into the future energy system. High-temperature [...] The Center for Energy’s topic portfolio is oriented towards three central systems: sustainable public energy supply systems, decarbonisation of industrial processes and plants, and innovative technologies [...] for Energy, AIT “The use of hydrogen is a central element for a sustainable and low-emission energy system. With this PhD programme, we offer a unique setting to advance hydrogen technology research at the
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AIT and TU Delft launch international doctoral programme on the sustainable transformation of the energy system using artificial intelligence
brings its expertise in techno-economic analysis, the use of flexibility in the power system, the evaluation of energy system and market models and their impact on energy markets. Working in collaboration with [...] The Center for Energy’s topic portfolio is oriented towards three central systems: sustainable public energy supply systems; decarbonisation of industrial processes and plants; and innovative technologies [...] artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in planning and operating future sustainable energy systems, the two institutions are creating a new doctoral programme designed to promote the development of
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This was #NEFI2022
Workshops and presentations by 35 experts In the three keynotes, five sessions on the technological and systemic fields of innovation and the workshops, solutions and framework conditions were discussed. A special
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Energy transition: Innovative power from Austria at world level
experience from 80 projects. Model solutions for intelligent, safe and affordable energy and transport systems of the future are developed and demonstrated. Climate Protection Minister Leonore Gewessler: "The [...] partners from companies, research institutions and public institutions is developing technological and systemic solutions in 24 projects to enable the energy transition in industry. NEFI researchers Sabrina Dusek