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May 25, 2023

New Energy for Industry (NEFI) presents the Green Foundry Concept at automotive.2023

by Oxana Schmidt

On May 25, 2023 the NEFI-Team in Linz presents latest developments from NEFI project envIoTcast as part of automotive.2023, Austria's renowned conference for visions, innovations and future technologies in the field of modern mobility. In the NEFI project envIoTcast, the concept of a green foundry is being developed under the direction of the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology.

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NEFI - New Energy for Industry developed scenarios for climate neutrality in industry

by Oxana Schmidt

The domestic manufacturing industry emitted about 28 million tonnes of CO₂e into the atmosphere in 2021 and is thus responsible for more than one third of the total emissions in Austria. In their current study, the experts of the NEFI innovation network have developed three scenarios that provide important impulses for a climate-neutral future of Austrian industry.

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NEFI Power Women for the Decarbonisation of Industry

by Oxana Schmidt

Despite numerous efforts to promote and address the issue, the proportion of women in technical professions remains low. On the International Women’s Day, the NEFI Innovation Network will bring successful female technicians to the stage. They are NEFI project managers or are pushing the decarbonisation of industry with their know-how and expertise.

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NEFI Technology Talk: closing event of the project OxySteel

by Michael Wöss

Within the scope of the NEFI Technology Talks on the 1st of September 2022, the closed project OxySteel was presented in front of guests from industry, research and politics.

 

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Electricity grid security: Survey on the contribution of industry. Incentives and potentials for the provision of flexibility

by Oxana Schmidt

Industrial companies will have the opportunity to make a major contribution to grid stability in Austria as active participants in the energy system. Flexibilities can be used to economically utilise both surplus and shortfall production of electricity. How this should be designed in the future is being worked out by the consortium of Industry4Redispatch. In particular, the view of the needs and requirements of industrial companies are essential to develop a functioning system and to create incentives for industrial companies.

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Review: NEFI Technology Talk: Net-Zero now!

by Oxana Schmidt

Since numerous research projects for deploying new green technologies are already well underway, within the NEFI Technology Talk with the collaboration of the Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan) national (Austrian) and international industrial endeavours – in the context of selected decarbonisation topics – were presented and discussions encouraged.

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Review of the NEFI Hackathon 2022

by Oxana Schmidt

The NEFI HACKATHON 2022 was a special highlight at the Chair of Energy Network Technology of Montanuniversität Leoben at the NEFI_Lab:InToPublic. Students from all over Austria were working from 30th to 31st of May 2022 on green digitalization solutions of industrial energy systems.

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Net-Zero Industries Mission: Have your say in a short online survey!

by Oxana Schmidt

Energy-intensive industries such as steel, cement and chemicals are responsible for a quarter of global GHG emissions. The potential for CO₂ avoidance is around 60 gigatonnes by 2030, but new technologies and innovations need to be developed until then, because around 2030 the next modernisation cycle is also due in this sector.

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Industry4Redispatch is one year old – the highlights

by Oxana Schmidt

A growing need for redispatch is given above all by the integration of fluctuating renewable generation and the progressive integration of the European electricity grids. The I4RD project, launched in April 2021, makes an important contribution to the energy transition as it develops innovative grid-supporting solutions.

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Review of the Industrial Energy Efficiency Conference

by Oxana Schmidt

The Industrial Energy Efficiency Conference on 7 April 2022 in Wels showed that a step change in the industrial energy transition is a key factor both for economic competitiveness and the overall energy transition. It was part of the annual international conference World Sustainable Energy Days, held as a hybrid event with over 650 experts from 55 countries, 430 of them on-site in Wels.

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NEFI Power Women for the Decarbonisation of Industry

by Oxana Schmidt

Despite numerous efforts to promote and address the issue, the proportion of women in technical professions remains low. During the week of the International Women’s Day, the NEFI Innovation Network will highlight successful female technicians. They are NEFI project managers or are pushing the decarbonisation of industry with their know-how and expertise.

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OxySteel enters the implementation phase

by Oxana Schmidt

In January 2022, the first of three new Oxyfuel ladle furnaces went into operation at the Breitenfeld Edelstahl AG steelworks. The so-called ladle furnaces are used to preheat the steelworks ladles, the transport and treatment vessels for liquid steel, and are responsible for a large part of the natural gas consumption and CO₂ emissions at the EAF steelworks.

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