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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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b_part_of_transition
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b_part_of_transition The energy transition is a major social project. The necessary expansion of renewable energies also requires a shift from centralised to decentralised energy production. Social inclusion [...] inclusion and participation - summarised under the term "energy democracy" - are essential for the successful implementation of ambitious climate protection targets. With this in mind, the "b_part_of_transition" [...] sition" project is piloting socially innovative business and operating models for the energy transition in the industrial town of Kapfenberg. Kapfenberg has specific problem areas, potential and resources
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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
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Bernadette Fina awarded ÖGUT Environmental Award 2021 in the category “Women in environmental engineering”
assess energy communities and the accompanying energy flows and impacts. Hereby a special focus is set on different settlement structures and participants as well as the combination of renewable energy generation [...] future-oriented field of energy communities convinced the independent jury of experts. After the conclusion of her doctoral thesis “On the profitability of PV sharing in residential energy communities", at AIT [...] of buildings to reduce CO2-emissions. Furthermore, she looks in detail at the legal framework for energy communities in Austria and beyond. Besides the regular publication in international journals, it
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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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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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Wasserstoff Brennstoffzelle
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Storage: Key Technology for the Energy Transition and Decarbonization Hydrogen storage is essential for the energy transition. It enables the long-term storage of surplus energy from highly fluctuating renewable [...] the lightest element in the periodic table. It has a high gravimetric energy density of 33.33 kWh/kg but a very low volumetric energy density of only 2.8 kWh/m³ at normal pressure. These properties necessitate [...] method, hydrogen is liquefied by cooling it to -253°C. This increases the volumetric energy density but is highly energy-intensive. Physically Bound Storage Hydrogen is stored in solid materials such as metal
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TeKaVe
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Technology-neutral Capacity Mechanisms for a Secure Energy Future The project TeKaVe – (“Technology-neutral Capacity Mechanisms for a Secure Energy Future”) addresses the question of whether the market [...] market system in Austria in its current form (energy-only market) is capable of simultaneously maintaining a secure energy supply system and achieving Austria's decarbonization targets. In recent years, the [...] supply system in Austria, considering renewable energy targets, and to improving incentive models for flexible technologies, demand response, and renewable energy sources. Role of AIT AIT was leading the project
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Climate change adaptation
Policy supports together with the Center for Energy & the Center for Digital Safety & Security as well as the Umweltbundesamt the Climate and Energy Fund (KLIEN) in the development of action plans [...] plans for research, technology and innovation in the infrastructure sectors of energy, water, transport and RTI policy recommendations. For this purpose, international RTI strategies are analysed, stakeholders [...] future RTI programmes of KLIEN. A first pilot tender is planned for the infrastructure sectors of energy and water in spring 2023.
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New Energy for Industry 2021
industrial energy system. Day 1 of the conference will highlight the technological fields of innovation, Day 2 the systemic fields of innovation. Technological fields of innovation: Energy efficiency [...] NEFI – New Energy for Industry, the innovation network for the decarbonisation of industry invites you to its first national scientific conference. The two-day event puts its focus on the NEFI innovation [...] and new processes, renewable energies, storage, and Demand Side Management (DSM), industry and grid. Systemic fields of innovation: Regulatory framework and policy, system solutions and infrastructure
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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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EnergAIze
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fossil fuels to renewable energy, with significant research dedicated to assessing Austria’s potential for solar, wind, and hydropower. Previous studies have evaluated renewable energy availability based on [...] available land. Additionally, the impact of climate change on energy production has been examined, highlighting risks such as heatwaves with high energy demand but low wind speeds and reduced solar panel efficiency [...] weather events on energy infrastructure remains largely unexplored. EnergAIze addresses this gap by integrating physics-informed AI with high-resolution climate modeling to assess renewable energy availability
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CORES
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Austria, which has a high share of hydropower, only a part of the electrical energy demand is currently provided by renewable energy sources and it is not conceivable in the near future to cover the heating [...] Society m.b.H. Funding: This project is funded by the Climate and Energy Fund and will be implemented within the framework of the Energy Research Program 2018. AIT Contact: Sabrina Dusek × Kontakt Formular [...] CORES Integration kombinierter, erneuerbarer Energiesysteme in die Industrie Renewable and secure energy supply is of high importance for the industry and, not least due to the international climate targets
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T2LowEx
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results , Energy, Volume 195, 2020, 116963, ISSN 0360-5442, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.116963 Roman Geyer, Jürgen Krail, Benedikt Leitner, Ralf-Roman Schmidt, Paolo Leoni; Energy-economic assessment [...] ture networks through secondary-side measures Alternative energy sources for district heating such as waste heat, solar and geothermal energy and heat pumps only develop their full potential at low te [...] / Integrated Energy Systems +43 50550-6695 +43 50550-6390 ralf.schmidt(at)ait.ac.at Key Facts Website: FFG | Klimafonds Project duration: 05/2017 - 03/2021 Project partner: TU Wien, Energy Economics Group
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FELDBATT
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FELDBATT The energy sector is undergoing a change towards a rising share of renewables and especially a decentralised energy supply, which leads to new challenges. These challenges influence the entire [...] is the necessity to pay grid tariffs for the energy stored into and taken from the battery. To ensure economic feasibility, the transport of electrical energy between prosumers and battery needs to be done [...] local renewable energy and by connection a storage system with prosumers via direct lines. (2) The involved prosumers will reach an own consumption rating of 100 % from the renewable energy sources PV and
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PV-SÜD
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of solar energy in the road infrastructure Energy conversion through photovoltaics (PV) is one of the key technologies for increasing the share of renewable energy sources in primary energy production [...] research areas. With the Competence Unit Photovoltaic Systems of the AIT Center for Energy and Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, two leading research institutes in the field of photovoltaics in Austria [...] available within the high-level road network, they have hitherto only been considered for photovoltaic energy generation to a very limited extent. Although the technical feasibility of PV installations in the
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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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Smart and Carbon-Neutral Urban Development
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realisation of Positive Energy Districts (PED) and the set-up of Smart Districts. The research field supports that action with advanced instruments for decarbonisation ranging from urban energy models to advanced [...] use of urban data are a prerequisite for developing strategies to reduce energy consumption, increase the share of renewable energies, integrate CO2-free, more efficient and better transport systems into [...] contradicting data sources. Spatio-temporal urban energy and greenhouse gas emission model In this research field we deal with the modeling of urban energy and greenhouse gas emissions for the simulation
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