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News from 2020 to 2023

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Support the use of energy-efficient technologies!

by Oxana Schmidt

We ask you to fill out this short questionnaire and to support the dissemination of this technology with information about your industrial processes.

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Electricity Grid Security: Survey on the Contribution of Industry

by Oxana Schmidt

Industry is a major energy consumer in Austria, and at the same time the self-production of electricity, especially from renewables, is increasingly being expanded.

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Future concept for decarbonisation of industrial energy supply systems

by Oxana Schmidt

NEFI research project EDCSproof developed and validated a future concept for decarbonising industrial energy supply systems through possibilities of digitalisation starting from the food industry.

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Review of the Annual Event ‚Energy Model Region’ – ‘Fit for 55 Made in Austria’

by Oxana Schmidt

Under the motto ‘Fit for 55 Made in Austria’, the Climate and Energy Fund presented highlights from the RTI initiative ‘Energy Model Region’ at the annual event on 19 October 2021 in Graz.

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30 years of Business Upper Austria – From start-up to innovation driver

by Oxana Schmidt

Gegründet 1991 aus den Nachwehen der Verstaatlichten-Krise heraus und in Zeiten hoher Arbeitslosigkeit sollte die Technologie- und Marketinggesellschaft (TMG) als Anlaufstelle für Unternehmen Betriebsansiedlungen vorantreiben und neue Technologien fördern.

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30 years of energy future – the 30th anniversary of the OÖ Energiesparverband

by Oxana Schmidt

Der OÖ Energiesparverband, Konsortialmitglied des NEFI Innovationsverbundes, feiert heuer seinen 30. Geburtstag. Aus diesem Anlass fand im Rahmen der internationalen Tagung World Sustainable Energy Days am 23. Juni eine Festveranstaltung unter dem Motto “30 Jahre Energiezukunft” statt. Der Event blickte in die letzten 30 Jahre zurück, wagte aber auch einen Ausblick 30 Jahre voraus.

 

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Industrial Energy Efficiency Conference in Wels/ Austria and online

by Oxana Schmidt

Europe is aiming for a 55% reduction of CO₂ emissions by 2030 as a milestone on its way to climate neutrality by 2050. It is crucial that the investment decisions made in the next few years put us on the path to being “fit for 55” by the end of this decade. With the motto “Boosting economic recovery with the energy transition”, the World Sustainable Energy Days 2021 (WSED) presented how we can make a green recovery happen in practice and how renewable energy and energy efficiency can contribute as an investment engine.

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CE4T develops optimisation tools for practice

by Oxana Schmidt

Over the past 3 years, in the project Clean Energy for Tourism (CE4T), a Living Lab has been working closely with cable cars from the Pinzgau/Salzburg region. The aim of the project is to identify flexible loads in ski resorts and to develop optimisation algorithms and tools that will identify optimal solutions on the following three levels:

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NEFI-Project SANBA: Using waste heat from industrial processes as an energy source for the Martinek barracks site

by Oxana Schmidt

NEFI research project SANBA developed three scenarios towards an innovative, sustainable energy system for the 40-hectare large area of the Martinek-barracks.

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#NEFI Number of the Month: 13

by Oxana Schmidt

NEFI_Number of the Month June is 13. I the framework of the NEFI_Lab innovation process we are following – 13 Open Cycles on the NEFI innovation fields. In our Open Cycles, we discuss topics related to our technological and systemic NEFI innovation fields with you.

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Open Cycle ‚AustroStorage‘

by Oxana Schmidt

New ideas require innovative solution formats, therefore the NEFI – Innovation Network started the format of ‚Open Cycle‘ (OC). The format aims to find suitable industrial use cases and demonstrate their system integration. They will be intensively discussed and refined in expert panels in cooperation with industry partners before they continue their successful run in a “project cycle” at one of our partner companies.

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NEFI Interview Series
‘Four questions for …’

by Oxana Schmidt

We are hereby opening a new interview series in which we introduce you to people who are active within the NEFI community and are working on the decarbonization of the industry.

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