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AI and Robotics for the Reuse of Used PV Modules
Research Project “WattsOK?” The rapid expansion of photovoltaic systems is a key driver of the energy transition, but it also presents new challenges. One of them is determining how to handle the millions
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AIT WINS HOUSKA PRIZE WITH "MEDUSA“
drastically reduces loading times The pioneering MEDUSA project, which is coordinated by the Centre for Energy at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, focuses on the development of multi-megawatt fast-charging [...] with a direct connection to the medium-voltage grid in combination with an efficient and sustainable energy supply. This technology is crucial to making electromobility economically viable for the future, [...] simulations. MEDUSA is funded as part of the Zero Emission Mobility 2023 programme of the Climate and Energy Fund (https://www.klimafonds.gv.at/foerderung/zero-emission-mobility-zem-2023/). In addition
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Friederich Kupzog is new Head of Center for Energy
fields of the Center for Energy and establishing Austria as an innovation driver in the energy sector." Research areas of the Center for Energy As Head of Center for Energy, Kupzog will continue to drive [...] and development in the areas of energy supply systems, sector coupling, industrial processes, urban planning, digital transformation and artificial intelligence in the energy domain. In these thematic areas [...] in the fields of energy and digitalisation in numerous positions at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology. In 2012, he began his career as a Senior Scientist at the Center for Energy, followed by positions
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Paper industry on the way to climate neutrality
are working on this energy system of the future at the AIT Centre for Energy. The topic portfolio is based on three central systems: Public Energy Supply Systems, Industrial Energy Systems and Cities & [...] Austrian pulp and paper industry has a particularly high energy requirement for its production. In the industry project DekarPIO, the AIT Center for Energy and the AIT Center for Technology Experience developed [...] future. Taking into account the processes, energy sources and raw materials used, the calculation tool makes it possible to map, parameterise and calculate the energy supply for each site. Renewable electricity
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Planning local and cross-building energy supply
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Project mAIntenance
manager Michael Schöny and his colleagues from the Sustainable Thermal Energy Systems Competence Unit at the AIT Centre for Energy asked themselves this question two years ago and launched the "mAIntenance" [...] Early intervention in component-activated delivery systems, for example, can also help to increase energy efficiency. An information event was held at the VAC to present the analyses of the comfort measurements
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AIT receives ÖGUT Environmental Award!
social housing with 100% renewable energy and actively involve residents in the process. By combining geothermal energy, asphalt collectors, solar energy, and intelligent energy management, not only can CO2 [...] reduced, but energy costs can also be lowered. We hope that this model project will serve as an example for further housing projects." - Edith Haslinger, geothermal expert at the AIT Center for Energy. The [...] innovative energy concept of the residential complex based on the low-energy house standard enables sustainable heating and cooling without fossil fuels. The heating is supplied entirely by renewable energy
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Decarb Cities 2025
solutions, policies, and strategies to help cities shift from fossil fuel-based heating to renewable energy sources, particularly heat pumps. 13-14 May 2025 | Kraków, Poland Decarb Cities 2025 will bring [...] needed to make these systems more resilient and sustainable. Cities are at the heart of the energy transition, so we’re thrilled to be supporting Decarb Cities 2025 as a partner.
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15th IEA Heat Pump Conference 2026
of buildings, industry and energy systems," emphasises Thomas Fleckl, Chairman of the National Organising Committee and Head of the Department of Sustainable Thermal Energy Systems at the AIT Austrian [...] cooperation with the Technology Collaboration Programme on Heat Pumping Technologies of the International Energy Agency (HPT TCP by IEA), is organising the 15th IEA Heat Pump Conference 2026 in Vienna. Under the [...] application Heat pumps are among the key technologies for the decarbonisation of buildings, industry and energy systems. Thanks to their high efficiency and the use of renewable environmental heat or waste heat
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15th IEA Heat Pump Conference 2026
with the Technology Collaboration Programme on Heat Pumping Technologies of the International Energy Agency (HPT TCP by IEA), is organising the 15th IEA Heat Pump Conference 2026 in Vienna. Under the
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New Energy for Industry launches the new innovation lab NEFI+ for a climate-neutral industry
On 20th June 2024 the the innovation network “NEFI - New Energy for Industry” presented its new and unique innovation laboratory NEFI+, which will specifically drive technological development [...] industry as part of the RTI initiative “Transformation of Industry”. The innovation network NEFI-New Energy for Industry consists of the network partners AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Montanu [...] investment and planning security for companies, both for innovative projects as part of the Climate and Energy Fund's RTI initiative for the transformation of industry, as well as specific implementation projects
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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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Die-casting plants on the way to Industry 5.0
Automation & Control as coordinator, the Center for Technology Experience, the Center for Energy and the LKR Leichtmetallkompetenzzentrum Ranshofen are involved. Industrial partners are Maxan [...] cast components. The aim is to significantly reduce the proportion of defective castings and thus energy and material consumption. The experts are relying on the latest information and communication te
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This was ComForEn 2023
the Communications for Energy Systems (ComForEn) symposium, which took place in Vienna from March 15 to March 17, 2023. The central question was the way to an interoperable energy system. Interoperability [...] 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 [...] in smart grid interoperability. For this, first concepts for an interoperability roadmap for the energy transition were presented. In terms of content, the presentation by David Reihs (AIT) on "Unlocking
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AIT CoDeC-Symposium
Marketing and Communications, Center for Energy, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology T +43 (0) 664 88390660 E: margit.oezelt@ait.ac.at I www.ait.ac.at/energy Daniel Pepl, MBA, MAS, Corporate and Marketing [...] new knowledge. The methods have already been used in research projects for simulations of mobility, energy and climate issues in urban or neighbourhood planning. In addition, the project was scientifically [...] of excellent flagship projects envisaged in our strategy." Wolfgang Hribernik, Head of Center for Energy, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology: "The innovation achievement of future urban planning will
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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 [...] utical 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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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 [...] 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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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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This was #NEFI2022
‘, Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK)), Markus Achleitner (Regional Minister for Economy and Energy, Province of Upper Austria), Wolfgang Hribernik [...] Hribernik (NEFI Network Coordinator) and Elvira Lutter (Programme Manager Climate and Energy Fund, Director of the Net-Zero Industries Mission by Mission Innovation). The Regional Ministers Barbara Eibinger-Miedl [...] Research, Province of Styria) and Ursula Lackner (Regional Minister for Environment, Climate Protection, Energy, Regional Development and Spatial Planning, Province of Styria) were part of the opening via short
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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