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Tara Esterl takes up the position as Head of Competence Unit Integrated Energy Systems (IES)
regulatory issues. Integrated Energy Systems research field For the sustainable energy system of the future, the interplay between technologicalal innovations and energy management aspects is of great [...] January, Tara Esterl (33) is heading the newly founded Competence Unit Integrated Energy Systems in the Center for Energy at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology. In her new position she is responsible [...] portfolio of Integrated Energy Systems comprises techno-economic analyses, the use of flexibility in the electricity system, the development of business models and their effects on energy markets, regulatory
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AIT and TU Delft launch international doctoral programme on the sustainable transformation of the energy system using artificial intelligence
tudelft.nl/ai/delft-ai-energy-lab/vacancies-1 AIT Center for Energy At the AIT Center for Energy, around 250 employees are working on solutions for tomorrow’s sustainable energy supply under the leadership [...] in the energy system and its potential for operating our energy infrastructure more efficiently, reliably and securely. New technologies, political developments and market mechanisms in the energy sector [...] started. https://www.tudelft.nl/ai/delft-ai-energy-lab/vacancies-1 Wolfgang Hribernik, Head of Center for Energy, AIT “The increasing complexity of future energy systems can be addressed using artificial
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New Energy for Industry 2021:
ion, energy efficiency and renewable energy supply. The two presentations from the NEFI Industrial Board highlight the requirements for cross-sectoral cooperation between industry and the energy sector [...] New Energy for Industry 2021 will be made available for review after the conference. The links are on the website:https://www.nefi.at/new-energy-for-industry-2021 About NEFI NEFI – New Energy for [...] the transformation of the industrial energy system Around 50 speakers from research, business and politics Decarbonisation and transformation of the industrial energy system is an essential contribution
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Jochen Cremer appointed Principal Scientist at the AIT Center for Energy
Hribernik, Head of the Center for Energy. Jochen Cremer, Principal Scientist at the Center for Energy of the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology: "A sustainable energy system requires new applications [...] methods for the energy system of the future, such as an improved fundamental understanding of market prices, more accurate energy forecasts and the development of innovative tools for energy system management [...] learning to develop new methods for planning and operating future energy systems. Jochen Cremer has been Co-Director of the TU Delft AI Energy Lab for three years and is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty
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Energy transition: Innovative power from Austria at world level
in the areas of energy transition, sustainable industry and climate-friendly mobility. This is how successful transformation works." NEFI - New Energy for Industry, as part of the Energy Showcase Region [...] solutions in 24 projects to enable the energy transition in industry. NEFI researchers Sabrina Dusek (AIT Center for Energy), Tara Esterl (AIT Center for Energy) and Julia Vopava-Wrienz (Montanuniversität [...] neutral by 2040. To achieve this, the Climate and Energy Fund promotes innovative technologies "Made in Austria". At the annual event of the "Vorzeigeregion Energie" on 7th November in Salzburg, the RTI
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Veronika Wilk: New Thematic Coordinator for Efficiency in Industrial Processes & Systems at the AIT Center for Energy
Systems at the AIT Center for Energy Since May 1st Veronika Wilk has been the new Thematic Coordinator for Efficiency in Industrial Processes & Systems at the Center for Energy. She succeeds René Hofmann [...] and further thematic development of the research field at the Center for Energy", says Wolfgang Hribernik, Head of Center for Energy. Research Area Efficiency in Industrial Processes & Systems The research [...] research area is concerned with technology development to increase energy efficiency, e.g. through heat recovery, the integration of renewable energy systems and the optimized use of thermal components. In addition
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NEFI: Innovation network for emission-free industry grows by four additional projects
The innovation network NEFI - New Energy for Industry has been granted funding for four new projects by the Climate and Energy Fund within the framework of the Energy Model Region with a total project [...] Leoben, the Upper Austrian Energy Saving Association and the Upper Austrian location agency Business Upper Austria and bundles the diverse experience in the field of energy research and project implementation [...] is developing technological and systemic solutions that will enable the energy transition in industry. The Climate and Energy Fund already supports NEFI projects with 12,2 million Euros and allocates
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Bernadette Fina wins Science Award of Lower Austria
Fina, Center for Energy, was awarded a recognition prize for her research on different aspects of energy communities. Her research deals with the topics of the profitability of energy communities in single [...] building renovation on the profitability of energy communities and the potential estimation of cost-optimal photovoltaic capacities in case of a roll-out of energy communities. Video nomination of Bernadette
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NEFI Conference 2022
Business Upper Austria and is driving forward the industrial energy transition. NEFI is an energy model region promoted by the Climate and Energy Fund and supported by the federal states of Upper Austria [...] on the NEFI fields of innovation for the decarbonization of the industrial energy system. Technological innovation fields: Energy efficiency and new processes, renewables, storage and demand side management [...] s from 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
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ComForEn 2023
next generation of energy systems is expected to integrate many new technologies and applications (demand-response, flexibility services, market participation) across different energy vectors (electricity [...] major challenges on the way to an interoperable energy system. ComForEn 2023 is aimed at component and system manufacturers, power grid operators, energy suppliers, and research institutions. The list of [...] , TSO-DSO Interaction, Energy Management Systems, Aggregators, Virtual Power Plants, Charging Point Operators, Monitoring Systems, Metering Systems, Grid control systems, Energy Communities etc. Gaps
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Power Electronics as a Key Technology
intelligent drive technology and renewable energy. Smart Interfaces Energy systems are getting increasingly complex with the growing share of renewable energy sources. Therefore, the precise co-ordination [...] Power electronics has become a key technology for renewable energy and e-mobility. Intelligent grids and e-cars rely on these electronic components for power controls and conversion. The AIT Austrian [...] co-ordination becomes essential to ensure the energy supply stability where AIT provides a test bed for converters up to the MW range. In addition, real-time simulation converter models (digital twin) greatly benefit
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Innovation Challenge for green building
responsible for a significant part of global energy consumption. In terms of environmentally sound construction, not only this energy consumption but also the energy for the building materials and their production [...] ecological building and renovation, baubook.at, the energy input for the production of a building is about the same as the input for heating a low-energy house over a period of 50 years. Environmentally sound [...] renewable energy sources and ecological building materials. The benchmark for environmentally sound construction is the Oekoindex OI3, which takes into account the dimensions of primary energy content of
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Study of AIT shows: More than 20 percent CO2 savings possible through intelligent building technology
need of renovation from an energy perspective. The study "CO2 Savings Potentials in the Building Sector" led by Gundula Weber, Senior Expert Advisor Sustainable Thermal Energy Systems, and Gerhard Zucker [...] intelligent building technology enables the optimal use of energy," says Gundula Weber. Significant efficiency increases also result from an overall energy refurbishment in drinking water heating and lighting [...] As one of the most energy-intensive sectors, the Austrian building sector still offers considerable potential for CO2 savings. In 2020, this sector generated eight million tons of CO2 equivalent
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Presentation of the Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda of the Horizon Europe Partnership "Clean Energy Transition" & "Driving Urban Transitions”
Center for Energy (Helfried Brunner) was involved in the identification and preparation of the 8 Research & Innovation Challenges: CETP Challenge 1 "Optimised integrated European energy systems" [...] heating 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 [...] At a side event of the SET-Plan Conference 2020, the two Horizon Europe Partnerships "Clean Energy Transition" and "Driving Urban Transitions" will present their strategic research and innovation agendas
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Steam without gas
very proud that we can do our part through our flagship energy region, NEFI - New Energy for Industry". Wolfgang Hribernik, Head of Center for Energy, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology and NEFI network [...] the Climate and Energy Fund and is being carried out as part of the research initiative "NEFI - New Energy for Industry" as part of the Austrian innovation offensive "Vorzeigeregion Energie". www.nefi.at [...] eutical company Takeda, the BMK, the Climate and Energy Fund and the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT). Led by the AIT Center for Energy, the AHEAD research project is the first to integrate
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AIT and TU Graz launch joint doctoral programme in the field of hydrogen technology
into the future energy system. High-temperature electrolysis in particular has the highest efficiencies and is especially well suited for use in the energy-intensive industrial and energy sector. In the [...] technology and knowledge.” AIT Center for Energy - Application At the AIT Center for Energy, around 250 employees are working on solutions for tomorrow’s sustainable energy supply under the leadership of Wolfgang [...] Center for Energy focuses on two core areas: firstly, the integration of hydrogen technologies and synthetic gases into the energy infrastructure for efficient sector coupling, taking energy-economy aspects
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AIT wins ISGAN Secretariat and Operating Agent for the third time
Action Network (ISGAN) is an technology cooperation programme of the International Energy Agency and the Clean Energy Ministerial with the aim of promoting the development and dissemination of Smart Grid [...] worldwide. The 26 members of this high-profile network within the framework of the International Energy Agency (IEA) include China, the USA, Russia, India and Japan, the countries with the highest electricity [...] to closely examine its strategy and structure and make changes where necessary. The AIT Center for Energy was very intensively involved in this strategy process and will also accompany it in further planning
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AIT opens high performance DC LAB
data centres. Wolfgang Hribernik, Head of the Center for Energy: “At the Center for Energy we are developing solutions for future innovative energy supply. We offer our customers and partners high quality [...] 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 us to [...] the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology opened its new DC (direct current) lab at the Center for Energy. The state-of-the-art direct current laboratory marks a significant expansion of the current facilities
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René Hofmann becomes Principal Scientist at the AIT Center for Energy
has joined the team of the Center for Energy in his new position as Principal Scientist and is dedicating his research effort to the scientific investigation of energy sector coupling in the industrial context [...] 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 [...] context by means of digital technologies and novel methodologies. The energy industry is in the middle of a far-reaching transformation. This includes changed framework conditions due to the achievement
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ERIGrid 2.0: 1st call for the use of 21 European Smart Grids Labs starts
call for the use of 21 European Smart Grids and Smart Energy Systems Laboratories starts Now online: Virtual Access Service for research on energy system infrastructure and further education The ERIGrid [...] Grid and Smart Energy Systems laboratories to external users and young researchers. The project is working on the provision of holistic, cyber-physical validation methods for the energy system of the future; [...] participation: On 1st October 2020 the first call for the use of 21 European Smart Grids and Smart Energy Systems laboratories has started. Researchers and engineers can now apply for the participation until