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Sonnenplatz Großschönau GmbH Software Competence Center Hagenberg GmbH Austria Email AG WEB Wind Energy AG neoom group gmbh ms.GIS Information Systems Ges.m.b.H. Energie AG Upper Austria Distribution GmbH University [...] IDM Energy Systems GmbH Fronius International GmbH World-Direct eBusiness solutions Gesellschaft mbH Technikum Vienna GmbH aWATTar GmbH TIWAG-Tyrolean Hydropower AG TU Vienna - Institute for Energy Systems [...] is being researched. A special focus is on the economic use of flexibilities at spot and balancing energy markets and on the consideration of the end consumers' own interests. The developed concepts will

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SI-Drive

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innovation, carries out case studies of social innovations in a range of policy fields (environment, energy, mobility, health, education, employment and poverty) and explores future policy issues associated [...] mit einem * markiert. Name * E-Mail * Betreff * Nachricht * Send DI Dr. Matthias Weber , MA Head of Center for Innovation Systems & Policy +43 50550-4561 matthias.weber(at)ait.ac.at This project has received

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ReFlex

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with a high level of flexibility. The focus will be on grids with expectedly high level of renewable energy production which shall be effectively and efficiently used locally through a mix of measures in voltage [...] * markiert. Name * E-Mail * Betreff * Nachricht * Send Dr. Klaus Kubeczko Senior Expert Advisor / Center for Innovation Systems & Policy +43 50550-4566 +43 50550-2201 klaus.kubeczko(at)ait.ac.at

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Austrian Materials Foresight

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Materials and Recycling Electrochemical physical energy production and storage The fields “Sustainable Materials and Recycling" and "Electrochemical physical Energy production and storage” have a highest potential [...] sind mit einem * markiert. Name * E-Mail * Betreff * Nachricht * Send Dr. in Marianne Hörlesberger Center for Innovation Systems & Policy +43 50550 4524 +43 50550-2201 marianne.hoerlesberger(at)ait.ac.at

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Foresight on Demand

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European Commission’s Group of Chief Scientific Advisors Scientific Opinion on ‘A systemic Approach to Energy in Europe’ (Client: DG RTD) Foresight on the scientific, technological and societal conditions for [...] mit einem * markiert. Name * E-Mail * Betreff * Nachricht * Send DI Dr. Matthias Weber , MA Head of Center for Innovation Systems & Policy +43 50550-4561 matthias.weber(at)ait.ac.at × Kontakt Formular Pf [...] sind mit einem * markiert. Name * E-Mail * Betreff * Nachricht * Send Dana Wasserbacher Bakk. techn. Center for Innovation Systems & Policy +43 50550 4520 dana.wasserbacher(at)ait.ac.at

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Eye of Europe

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Europe, our Consortium builds on the experience of its 17 partners in order to combine existing energies and amplify them. The project’s goal is to nurture and mature an R&I foresight community with expanding [...] * markiert. Name * E-Mail * Betreff * Nachricht * Send Dr. in Susanne Giesecke Senior Scientist / Center for Innovation Systems & Policy +43 50550-4564 +43 50550-2201 susanne.giesecke(at)ait.ac.at

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Focus study Social innovations

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studies for comparative research discuss autonomous driving, the Covid-19 warn app, social housing, and energy cooperatives. On the basis of these results, the project team has worked out how framework conditions [...] failure, social enterprise, social entrepreneur, autonomous driving, Covid-19 warn app, social housing, energy cooperatives Start : 10/22 End : 12/23 Durations : 14 months Funding provider : German Expert Commission [...] * markiert. Name * E-Mail * Betreff * Nachricht * Send Dr. in Susanne Giesecke Senior Scientist / Center for Innovation Systems & Policy +43 50550-4564 +43 50550-2201 susanne.giesecke(at)ait.ac.at

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Watch Netflix without harming the climate

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will account for 80 percent of that growth. Large parts of the energy required to transmit such huge volumes are eaten up in data centers, for example. With their air-conditioning systems, which cool the [...] The environmental costs of digital communications are significant. Streaming movies also drives up energy consumption. But there is good news for everyone who loves their Netflix account and doesn't want [...] The use of novel optical processes can revolutionize data transmission and drastically reduce its energy hunger. AIT photonics expert Bernhard Schrenk is working on this as part of a globally unique project

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Heat pumps: energy source of the future

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ly possible to supply 100 percent of industry with renewable energies. The prerequisite for this is a switch to new technologies in energy generation and storage. The current blog post shows what role [...] heat pump alone is not enough - it must also be used appropriately and generate energy to be considered a sustainable energy source. First app for choosing the right heat pump The purchase of a heat pump [...] pump is a long-term decision and requires precise planning. For the first time, the AIT Center for Energy has developed an app for the visual and acoustic positioning of heating and cooling devices: The so-called

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Bitter cold makes aluminum compliant

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in lightweight car construction. An innovative process developed at the LKR Light Metal Competence Center Ranshofen opens up completely new areas of application. The transport sector is one of the biggest [...] lightweight construction of vehicles. After all, the more weight a vehicle or aircraft has, the more energy must be expended to move it. A reduction in weight therefore lowers the CO2 emissions associated [...] ," says Grabner, who heads a project series entitled "KryoAlu" at the LKR Light Metal Competence Center in Ranshofen, a subsidiary of AIT. In this project, a new process for forming aluminum sheets is

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Wanted: Ways to more sustainability

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about the right policy mix to turn the energy sector around. The program of the three-day conference is deliberately very broad. The range of topics includes energy transition, mobility transition, transition [...] the changes] which man [...] produces by the development of great masses of steam and gas at the centers of industry." Humboldt thus became another founding father of today's sustainability debate. The [...] on of society and the economy," says Klaus Kubeczko, sustainability and innovation expert at the Center for Innovation Systems & Policy of the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, describing the motivation

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A new look at the increasingly complex world

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German Research Centers, Industrial partner is the Federation of Austrian Industries (IV). The event is supported by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation

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Smart textiles as an opportunity for the textile industry

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piezoelectric sensor threads that convert mechanical energy (such as stretching) into electricity, and extends to soft, flexible batteries or energy storage in yarns that act like capacitors, through to [...] Textiles". The study was commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK) and funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG); [...] these technologies are still in their infancy," says project manager Beatrix Wepner from the AIT Center for Innovation Systems & Policy. On the other hand, know-how needs to be built up in a completely

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Urban planning 2.0: Corona crisis shows how cooperation f

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07.05.2020 In the "City Intelligence Lab" of the Center for Energy at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, urban planning is carried out together with clients and users and the effects of certain [...] the help of digital technologies in the lab," explains Wolfgang Hribernik, head of the AIT Center for Energy. This means that in the lab, planners, clients and users can work together on projects and planning

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Smart grids at risk

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rarely coincides with electricity consumption peaks. Since more and more electricity from renewable energy sources has been fed into the grids, this has changed completely: The wind blows when it wants to [...] on the status of the networks (voltage, frequency, etc.). This data is collected in the control centers, analyzed and used to control the networks. Depending on the supply and consumption situation, plants [...] consumers - if possible ("demand management"). While this allows the power grids to absorb more renewable energy and still remain reliable, it is not the only way to do so. But the many new interfaces between the

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Harnessing the infinite potential of the sun

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innovative energy concepts for single-family homes, larger residential buildings or even plus-energy neighborhoods in urban areas - and is thus also an integral part of a sustainable energy infrastructure [...] convert it into electricity. Thus, up to 20 percent more solar energy can be used at once with the same installed area. The Center for Energy of the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology is currently leading [...] popular forms of renewable energy and has gained further importance in recent years. The potential is huge - especially for buildings, in cities, in industry as well as in the energy infrastructure. And the

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How older people benefit from self-driving cars

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results are differentiated. A central conclusion of the researchers around Peter Fröhlich from the Center for Technology Experience is: "Highly automated individual transport, in which the own car becomes [...] Peter Fröhlich. This project was funded by the Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK) and commissioned by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency

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"We need a fast track for innovation"

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Wolfgang Hribernik, Head of Center for Energy, outlined the two most important directions in which research must go: "The future energy system will be based on the two energy carriers electricity and hydrogen" [...] The mission of Research and Technology Organizations (RTOs) - which are non-university research centers majority-owned by the public sector - is to serve society and business with their expertise. They [...] answers were immediately given by some heads of RTOs: Luc Van den Hove, CEO of the Belgian research center imec, said that RTOs could and should cooperate much more with industry. "This is underutilized.

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Light metals for more climate protection

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therefore a key driver of innovation in these areas. A 50-strong team at the LKR Light Metals Competence Center Ranshofen, a subsidiary of the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, has been researching lightweight [...] sustainable, efficient manufacturing processes for materials in order to be able to drastically reduce energy and resource consumption already during production. On the other hand, the materials must meet the

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Learning together from the COVID crisis

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Tuesday, December 15 (3 to 5 p.m.), during an online discussion led by Manfred Tscheligi, Head of the Center for Technology Experience at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology and Professor at the University [...] Hub". This is a think tank initiated by the Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK) - a digital discussion space open to all to exchange online [...] working together on behalf of the BMK. Test-One question that Manfred Tscheligi, director of the AIT Center for Technology Experience, is concerned with: How can "distancing" be implemented as a new concept

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