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From research to practice

We can achieve a climate-neutral future by creating new things and daring to try new things. We create new things through research and development (R&D); the next step is to anchor the corresponding innovation in people's minds on the one hand and establish it on the market on the other. Not every new technology may be competitive at the beginning, but if it can make a positive contribution to achieving climate targets, the so-called "ramp-up" and corresponding framework conditions make sense. One example of this is the development of a (green) hydrogen economy.

The Austrian Energy Agency advises and supports the federal ministries on energy-related issues in the field of research and innovation. It considers the development of (future) innovative technologies in scenarios. For national programs, the focus is usually on the design and monitoring of research and innovation programs; for European and international programs, the focus is on co-design.

Projects

Secure power supply with decentralised fuel cells

Use of stationary fuel cells for secure power supply systems based on renewable energy sources.

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Overview

The aim of the project is to demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses of fuel cells based on renewable energy sources in comparison to battery solutions and fossil solutions such as diesel generators for specific fields of application (e.g. healthcare facilities, clinics/hospitals, data centres, off-grid applications, etc.).

streamSAVE+

Streamlining Energy Savings Calculations in the EU Member States +

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Overview

The streamSAVE+ project supports authorities in the development of new strategies and the harmonisation of energy saving calculations in the EU.

SaveEnergyTogether

Boosting joint emergency energy efficiency first interventions

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Overview

SaveEnergyTogether is an EU-project that aims to help consumers plan and implement simple and affordable measures that can achieve significant energy savings, and to influence decision-makers in planning energy reduction measures by providing data on changing consumer habits and energy savings.

LOCATEE

Local authorities to tackle energy poverty in private multi-apartment buildings

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Overview

The LOCATEE project helps local municipalities across Europe tackle energy poverty in private multi-apartment buildings. Using innovative tools and pilot projects in Poland, Portugal, and Greece, it leverages data to identify energy-poor households, implement targeted renovation measures, and integrate long-term strategies into municipal energy plans.

Active2Public Transport

Better combining intermodal mobility between cycling, walking and public transport in the Danube region

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The Interreg project "Active2Public Transport" is developing solutions to make the combination of the most climate-friendly forms of mobility - public transport, cycling and walking - simpler and more attractive. To this end, pilot projects are being implemented in nine countries in the Danube region, strategies and regulations are being analysed, examples of good practice are being collected and the professional exchange of relevant stakeholders is being intensified.

 

WAVETAILOR

Modular laser sources for the sustainable production of short, personalised production series

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Overview

WAVETAILOR looks at two use cases that are manufactured using two different laser-based additive manufacturing (LBAM) processes. In the first application, a drone is manufactured using powder bed fusion (PBF), while in the second case, parts of a flow aid for a hydrogen-powered hypersonic aircraft are produced using directed energy deposition (DED).

EEPLIANT 3

More transparency and safety for consumers when buying electrical appliances

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Overview

The largest EU-funded Europe-wide market surveillance project to date tests air conditioning units, tumble dryers, lighting products and heating appliances, among other things. The goals: Efficiency and energy savings as well as reliable information for consumers.

This is the largest EU market monitoring project in the energy sector ever funded by the European Union (EU). The Austrian Energy Agency is one of 29 partners from 20 EU Member States and Turkey that have joined forces for the project. The EEPLIANT 3 project is the continuation of EEPLIANT 1 and 2.

Process-WP

Highly efficient heat pump concepts for waste heat utilisation in the process industry

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Overview

In the process industry, heat pumps have hardly been used to date despite their high potential. The project uses specific examples to show how heat pumps can supply so far fossil-fuelled processes.

EnergyRoads - the path to a climate-neutral future?

Prerequisites for overhead line systems

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Overview

While overhead line systems are currently in the test phase in some neighboring European countries, the focus in Austria is currently on acquiring basic knowledge regarding the feasibility of implementation and the expected effects.

Energy efficiency measures and potential

Identification of (further) energy efficiency measures and analysis of energy efficiency potential for the implementation of the European Energy Efficiency Directive in Austria

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Overview

Energy efficiency measures make an important contribution to climate protection, resource conservation, cost savings, competitiveness and social responsibility. In the course of this project, new energy efficiency measures and the associated potential were identified in order to implement the European Energy Efficiency Directive in Austria.

Cargoe CO2e neutral

CO2e balance sheet and proposed measures for climate-neutral logistics using the example of Cargoe GmbH & Co KG

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Overview

The aim of the project was to calculate a comprehensive CO2e balance for Cargoe GmbH & Co KG and to propose concrete improvement measures towards climate neutrality.

Decentralized hydrogen solutions in climate-neutral districts

Use of stationary fuel cells in integrated energy concepts based on renewable energy sources in energy communities or climate-neutral neighborhoods

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Overview

In the energy system of the future, which will be strongly characterized by decentralized and renewable power generation, decentralized H2